“Nervous about meeting your family?”. He frowned.

I nodded. I had so many thoughts and feelings about the whole thing. They were my family but that didn’t mean everything was going to go smoothly. I didn’t know these people and they didn’t know me.

“I guess I’m just a little overwhelmed and I’m afraid it’s going to consume me and put me off”.

“I promise you have nothing to worry about. They love you already and can’t wait to meet you”.

I had to take his word for it ...