Beautiful, I loved. It remind me my family reunion. God I'm exhausted just by reading it.
LOL, Maria! I was exhausted after writing it! Glad you liked this part. You think it's scary that the older Kents and Lanes get along fine? Well, if you remember the episodes HIWTHI and FH, Martha and Ellen were not so bad together, now were they? And, in this story, five years have passed already so I'm sure Ellen and Sam have changed a lot for the better!
I also really like your Bertha character
I'm so glad, Alicia, because she's a completely new character and you never know how readers react to those. Before I re-introduced Bertha in this chapter I went back to read the previous ones where she played a role in because I want to keep her true to form. I'm glad it worked!
And you're hereby invited to attend Martha's next pie tasting party, Alicia!
Of course they'd love Australia. It's a great place to live.
I think so too, Tricia, and I also hope the Boards won't eat up all these comments again.
I distinctly remember Merry also commenting on this chapter. Thanks, Merry!