I thought Kitten and Meg's idea of having people over this weekend was nuts, but it was working. I had barely thought about my parents since they arrived and I felt noticeably less stressed.

The talk around the fire had been mostly harmless until Gillian decided to make it a bit weird.

"This is the oddest family fire I've ever been to," she said, blowing on a marshmallow before popping it into her mouth. Soo looked at her confused, so she continued.

"Well, there's the three kinda orphan kids that are being fostered," she said, pointing at herself, Soo, and Kitten. Ben, well, you're a Daddy and Meg over there...."...