For a long time I’d been given a fair amount of shit because I kept trying to be Switzerland, which is to say that I tried not to take sides on particular squabbles or spats between folks. Trying to stay out of it has not always been effective, and in those cases it is was typically because I should have taken a stance. In other situations staying out of it was the best choice. Time has taught me to know the difference between the two a little better.
So, when one of your good friends and a family member of yours are having some sort of problem with their friendship, and this problem is somehow related to an event that revolves completely around you, all you can do is let them settle it on their own time.
The fact of the matter is that sometimes you are friends with someone, and other times you are not. I’ve had good friends that became bitter enemies, and vice versa. I’ve had some that have gone one way, then the other again. Life changes. People change. Sometimes friends have fights. Don’t let these fights affect those around you. You’ll probably clear all of this up with time, even though that may not seem even remotely possible.
And on a sidenote, did you know that Kirk Cameron is on one of those Jesus channels telling people to worship Jesus, and to repent, and that drugs are bad, mkay?