Oooh, our first vowel! And more important for this puzzle than usual for the lowly "u"!

C-ts d-n't us- h-urs -nd s-c-nds. -- -n-- th-t's s---th-ng hu--ns --d- u-. C-ts
h--- -n -nst-nct th-t t-lls us ---ctl- -h-t th- r-ght t--- --r ---r-th-ng
-s. Hu--ns n---r -n-- -h-n th--'r- su---s-d t- d- -n-th-ng, s- th-- n--d th-ngs
l--- cl-c-s -nd t---rs t- t-ll th--. T--c- - ---r, S-r-h s-ts -ll th-
cl-c-s -n -ur ---rt--nt --r--rd -n- h-ur -r --c- -n- h-ur, -nd th-t -ust
-r---s h-- --d- u- h-urs -r-.

-r-- L--- S---s th- D--
-- G--n C----r



cassiesmom: C(12) D(12) H(25) = 49
Steve Arnold: S(29) R(21) = 29
Felicia's Mom: N(25) G(6) = 31
Pinot's Mom: T(35) ((11) = 46
Asiel: U(13) = 26

Letters left to guess:
ABEFHIJKLMOPQVWXYZ