I have all the symptoms of having survived my daughter's wedding. i write; therefore i am.  I delivered a way-too-long toast/roast (that's about writing, isn't it?), and the music composition ran 15 minutes instead of 10. Anyway, I haven't lost a daughter. I've gained 170 pounds. I think he'll be a wonderful husband to my daughter. Now I can get back to the business of ................oops, I just saw where it says Work Body or Excerpt from Work. Ok, here is a snippet:

      Leah and Omar are both four-letter words. But then, so are "love," "kind," and "true."