I watched Adam the other night, talking to my mother on the phone. It looked easy and comfortable. Their relationship, in fact, is easy and comfortable. She already calls him her son-in-law.

It's like that with him and most of my family, really. He's closer with my mother and with Jonathan than the rest of my family, but it's always been pretty cordial.

You know, in-law relationships don't have to be warm or close. But it sure is nice when they are.