she was shining
she was beautiful
she beamed
I beamed
her daddy beamed
the entire congregation was all smiles
my baby
became a jewish woman this morning
she read from the torah
she chanted her blessings
she giggled
she smiled
she sang
she stood tall
she was perfect
she was lovely
she was amazing
I was crying
I was so happy
that I couldn't believe it was happening
our family was there
well
enough of them were there
the ones who wanted to be
the ones who cared
the ones who
took planes
trains and
automobiles
to get here
we were there
well
of course
but
our power went out on thursday
we moved into the hotel
into my brothers's family's room
since they ended up not coming
thank goodness
our power came on
last last night
because I needed to get home
to print out my speech
that I had worked on for so long
but had never printed
I thought I could do it that day
not thinking
there would be snow
power outages
and trees falling
all over the city
our good friends were there
many of them
smiling at all of us
on the bima
as a family
again
and we were all happy
and
that is what mattered
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