Velahor wrote:Meretica wrote:"I don't cook many things, but I can rely on myself to cook a good steak," Mattox answered. "As for children, I was blessed with two sets of twins but unfortunately lost my second son early on. Henry, Isabella, Abigail, and the grandchildren more than makeup for it, though."
"Hmmm...Henry...my wife likes the name Henry for if we have a second boy. I'm not sure I wanna have another kid yet, with me being across the country and all. My little ones are William IV and Ella."
William pulled out his phone, proud to show off his kids. He pulled up his Photos app. He showed a picture of his two six-year-old children on horseback, holding blue ribbons.
"Kate sent me this photo from earlier today...the twins both did well at the 4-H horse show at Winter Fair. It's the first year that they get to compete, and except for the cold weather, she said they had a really good time. I've thought about transferring them to school out here, but they like growing up in Montana."
"Such wonderful children..." Mattox reached for his phone, pulling up his three kids, their spouses, and their nine children. "They had three each. I was born in a group of three, and both of my parents were, too... Isabella did move down here from Boston... always favored me over her mother, until she married her husband, Al. Al's a humorist-- excuse me, a public speaker. He travels all across Tennessee talking about how people should keep a sense of humor to live better lives or something like that. Anyways, Bella lived her from sixth grade to her senior year. Went to school over in Arlington and loved every minute of it. Abby and Henry schooled in Boston. He's gone on to work as a campaign manager in New York. Abby is my Chief of Staff in Boston, but she comes to visit at times, occasionally brings the grandkids. Nothing like having grandkids asking to tour the Capitol for the millionth time, let me tell you," Mattox chuckled.