My Gap-Toothed Woman

Before I fell in love with Janna, I fell in love with her smile.
It's wider than I-80 and brighter than December's glistened snow. Her most dominating feature instantly melts your heart strings.
Squarely nestled in Janna's heart-breaking smile is her GAP.  The two millimeter gap resides right smack between her two front teeth.
I've seldom paid attention to Janna's gap. About five years ago our son, David, introduced his mother to one of his friends. The new acquaintance blurted out, "I love your gap. Do you like mine?" A casual 5-minute conversation between two gappers then ensued.
Janna once mentioned to her friend Beans, "I think I'll get my gap filled." Beans quickly countered, "You better not. It's you."
Being the ever-caring provider, I once broached the subject and suggested she ask our dentist the cost to fill that itsy-bitsy gap.
When the drill and fill specialist told Janna it would run $3,000 to fix her midline diastema, we jointly decided the gap stays.
A few weeks ago Janna stumbled across a D-News article proclaiming the glories of gaps.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700075321/Gaptoothed-women-are-in-vogue.html
The headline reads "Gap-tooth women are in vogue."  Not only do Lauren Hutton, Madonna, Natalie Cole and Condoleezza Rice sport gaps, Chanel now features gap-toothed women in their glossy ads.
In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the head strong Wife of Bath's gap symbolizes sensuality and lust. The author writes of her physical appearance describing her clothes, legs, feet, hips, and most importantly her gap-tooth.
Geee, I must have dozed off when Mrs. Argus was teaching that little Canterbury tidbit. http://www.librarius.com/canttran/wftltrfs.htm
Last week our daughter-in-law Jana called all bubbly. "Guess what? Marlee's two front teeth are coming in and she has a gap!"
Hopefully when the permanent teeth arrive on the scene Marlee will still sport a gap - just like her Nana Janna.

Peace, love and all that Jazz, Charlie

P.S. For hard-core lovers of gap-toothed women, here's a 3 1/2 minute documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilnXlqQy6w