A warm Mazel Tov and Baruch HaShem on the arrival of little (and I'll bet beautiful) Abigail!

Your request for "first words" reminds me of a little old story about Johnny, who never spoke a word (not even any goo goo-ing) until he was about, oh, 11 or 12 years old. Then, one morning at the breakfast table, he remarked, "Mother, you've burned the toast." Whereupon, everyone gasped, and his mother replied, "Johnny, you spoke; why did it take so long and why now?" "Well," replied Johnny, "up till now, everything's been okay."

Shoshannah


suzanne pomeranz, tourism consultant jerusalem, israel - suztours@gmail.com