November 30, 2015. Madison, Ms. The Mills Family.

They feel like family.  In fact I may adopt John as a surrogate son.  Sunday afternoon Greta Barbour, John and the three children came over for afternoon tea.   John and the children, aged 11 to 7, had not seen the house, so the first thing we did was tour both inside and out.

Next we sat at the dining table for dessert and tea, using the good china and silver.  Greta poured while I served the goodies, which were pecan pie and cranberry cake, made by Christina.  Of course, the children ate some of both desserts and came back for more.  They were perfectly behaved children and I think they enjoyed the fancy setting.

After we finished our tea, the adults sat in the living room and talked while the children explored the outside.  Eventually they found the TV and watched football which they don't do at home.   Since moving to Mississippi, I have observed that children who are home schooled know how to look after themselves and seem to enjoy each other.  The whole time the adults talked in the living room, we heard not a peep from the children.

John was Andrew's very good friend so of course we talked about Andrew.  It was a comfortable talk, with all four of us trying to figure out what happened.  Ken and I feel fortunate to have the Mills family in our lives and we certainly enjoyed the Sunday afternoon together.