I'm one inch shorter than my wife. We found this out before we conceived our daughter. It took her a while to get pregnant. We saw doctors. They measured and weighed us. When you stand five foot five, all women stand five foot four in their stocking feet or else they wear heels. It has to be the heels. Both of you agree, until the measuring stick touches the top of your head, or the nurses want a laugh. Laurel groans in her sleep: "Yah-hooda...Yah-hoooooda. You know what day it is." "Good morning Temimah," I sing-song. She blinks. "Are you hungry." Laurel rolls her eyes.