Oh GEEZ, I am such a sap!
I've been watching this channel that plays old TV shows in the afternoon, and have gotten somewhat hooked on 7th Heaven, which I hardly ever saw when it was on network TV.
So (don't know if you're familiar with it at all) today Matt and Sarah secretly wed, and then went to tell their families, neither of whom wanted to hear it. So they told them they were engaged to be married. Both sets of parents were upset because Sarah is Jewish and Matt (obviously) Christian, so apparently at some point that I missed, Sarah's parents were calmed when Matt promised to look into converting to Judaism.
Sarah's parents invited the Camdens over for dinner, so Annie worked herself into a frazzle trying to bring kosher dishes to share at the dinner. And several of the older kids tried to weasel out of going, but only Mary was able to escape by faking illness.
Then at the dinner, Ruthie charmed the rabbi and his wife by asking lots of questions about Jewish custom and religion, and everyone was getting along except Eric was still struggling. The rabbi admitted he and his wife also had struggled until Matt had agreed to convert, then all their worries disappeared. That sent the whole Camden family reeling!
Annie went into the kitchen with the rabbi's wife, and they had a good talk about motherhood and letting go. Eric and the rabbi went into the den, and also had a good talk. Then they all went together to shabbat services, during which the rabbi introduced the Camden family as part of his family, and invited the reverend to speak. Eric did, and spoke about how the engaged couple showed him that what's important in life is family, and love, and shared hopes and dreams and values. I was bawling my eyes out!!!