Part of the Family

I spent Shabbos in Lakewood with a friend and her family. I have been there several times now and met her whole immediate family, as well as some of her extended family. When I walked in, her sister-in-law greeted me and said something about me being family now. Her 2-year-old nephew knows who I am when he sees me. And I know where to find things in their kitchen. It's nice being "part of the family."