"We'll have to take it in a little under the arms," the woman said. "And shorten it another inch. Can you come back in a few days?" I wiped my eyes with another tissue. "The wedding is next Saturday. Will there only be one more fitting?" "That should do it. How does Thursday sound?" "That sounds good. Do you have something for that night?" My mom was coming up Thursday after work. It would be so much better once she was with me. "The latest appointment we have is at 4 o'clock. Does that work?" James could deal with me skipping out on work a little early. And my mom had already been toying with the idea of taking a half day on Thursday. She wouldn't want to miss my final fitting. "Yeah, that works." The woman wrote the date and time down on her business card and handed it to me. "Is t

