THE SQUINCH

             Once upon a wee sleepy weekend, early sunbeam pierced clouds of sky, stirred the wind, twirled the whirlwind only a tad less than legacy of someday piddle. But what might be a piddle paddle in puddle to some, was about to be oars of life boat strumming Sea of Fate... to one Tess and one Ted.

            And so it just so happened, or was it more a dab ordained that Tess poured forth from carafe two mugs a coffee, coffee soon to be near half sweet cream for the sweet toothed two.

            Sitting at table nook, Ted squinched sleepy eyes to better see the morning light flow, and bathe his Tess all a glow. And as the silhouette of her lithe body swayed neath one of his borrowed eggshell white tees, the Ted, well the Ted quietly to self said, "I am so blessed."

            What was that, dear?" Mug a coffee in each freckled finger hand, Tess swayed near, "Am I too slow retrieving the bean? Is that why you are squinching those puppy brown eyes up at me?"

            "I'm not squinching."

            "You are so."

            "Am not."

            "Ted I know a squinch when I see one."

            "It was just a wink, or perhaps maybe a peek seasoned with tad a squint."

            "Ted, a squinch is more than a squint and that look was more than either." Tess placed all a steam mugs a bean on table. Hands on hips added, "So why are you so grumpy this morning?"

            "Now I'm grumpy?"

            "Yes grumpy." Tess squinched left eye, raised brow of other, plunked on his lap. "Grumpy Teddy," she pouted in his ear.

            "Me thinks the lady's squinch and pout tis but a squint and smirk." Ted near half figured it out.

            "No, cause I know," Tess teased.

            "Know what?"

            "I know why too."

            "No you do not." Ted fought sheepish smile.

            "Do so."

            "Do not."

            "Do so!"

            "Do not!"

            "It was the light."

            "Light?"

            "The light through which yon window breaks." Tess did smile.

            "Yes," Ted at last confessed.

            "You saw the light expose lithe silhouette. Saw the sway of my body neath pale thin cloth..."

            "Saw the blessings of a virtuous wife more precious than rubies," breath from the soul escaped the truth laden lips of the Ted.

            Tess kissed the temple above Ted's not so sleepy right eye. Hugged his face close to her heart, contentedly sighed...

            And so once upon a wee sleepy weekend, early sunbeam kissed clouds of sky, stirred the wind, filled shiply sail o'er sea of God's love... for one Tess and one Ted...

            Ecclesiastes 4:12, the blessings of a three fold cord: God, groom, bride.

            Wonderfully expanded: Ecclesiastes 4:7-12.

            Awesomely expanded: The whole of the beautifully poetic Ecclesiastes records King Solomon's quest for "the meaning of life' and reveals such in the 12th and final chapter, the last 4 verses.

            Jesus two commandments: love God... love one another... Matthew 22:36-40.

            "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that who so ever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."  John 3:16