A Pot of Tea
What to do after a tough day at school?
Bake warm cookies and serve tea.
Bake warm cookies and serve tea.
Make it a production, complete with a teapot.
Sit and *be* while the homework gets finishedand the stresses fall away.
I'm serving a lot of tea and baking a lot of cookies these days to help Helen who is going through a bit of a rough spot at school.
She's lucky to have you to come home to! A pot of tea always does the trick-and a cookie to go with it.
I'm sorry to hear that she's going through this rough patch. I hope it sorts itself out soon. Nothing beats tea and cookies for relieving stress! And a loving mama at home to prepare them.
I love your tea set. Tea seems to make everything a little better. How nice to make it such a special family time.
Yes, so helpful - a cup of tea & cookies. It has helped my children with rough spots, too... when school just seems oh so too much. Once - quite a while ago when we still lived in Chicago - I had purchased a box of Yogi Tea. They had just changed the labels and I wasn't really paying attention. After the 2nd pot of tea the children commented on how it seemed to taste different, that it wasn't the regular kind. I insisted, but double-checked. Sure enough! I had picked up a box of "Get Regular" - lol - Thank goodness it ended up hitting us all at different times... :-)
They are lucky to have a warm, nurturing place to decompress. I know nothing soothes like a cup of tea and a few cookies.
13 wasn't my favorite time in school either. One thing I wish I'd realized was that that time was such a short time in my overall life and that the people and things that seemed all important really weren't. But it's so easy to say that now and I'm not sure I could have imagined it then. :) Keep Your Chin Up Helen. Hugs,
Joyce
Colorado
Reminds me of how my mother met me by the bus, years ago when I came home from school. We went home to have tea and listen to music before I started my homework. There certainly were rough spots that would have been close to unbearable without this ritual.
Margaretha
So sorry to hear about Helen. We had lots of rough patches last year. She was 8 going on 9. This year we seemed to have to turned a corner and she is settling in. what a lovely tradition of making cookies with tea.
Ahh- the just 'being" it is always hard for me. . . . invisible time. . . but oh so very worth it.
Tea and cookies always help to stir up conversation here at Chestnut Hill.
What a wonderful mama and way to help! Tea is such a great way to calm the nerves.
love the gorgeous tea set!
lisa