2002-10-10 - 4:15 p.m.

How do you sign the card for someone you don't know very well, who has just gotten married? It's tough, especially because everyone else who signed it has just said "Congratulations." I can't say the same thing. It's even tougher when the bride is an award-winning writer, which makes me self-conscious about every word I throw in there. Plus, all of my potential editors will all see it, so I'd better not goof up with spelling or grammar.

But what do I say, without being flowery, or unoriginal? Happiness. Happiness is good. "Wishing you many years of happiness." Wait, no, that implies that the number of years is limited, doesn't it? And that's not what marriage is really about, or should be. "May you be happy all your days." What am I, a fortune cookie? "Wishing you much happiness." There.

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