Dare to Care – HANC

Posts Tagged ‘Tea Party’

Today, my mother and I had a tea party. Just the two of us.

My sister, Bernie is the ultimate tea party hostess. Once she and her granddaughter brought an elaborate portable tea party to us, I knew I could never compete with that.

Still, today, I knew that only a Tea Party would lighten the somber mood that had taken over since the recent winter storm that did little but provide an interesting photo op for me.

Momma and I wore hats and toasted each other with wine glasses filled with orange juice – and we ate leftovers.

We didn’t have a bouquet of fresh Spring flowers or pink lemonade in champagne flutes. We did have fun, though.

            Most days, Momma wants to eat half a grilled cheese sandwich or maybe some soup, sometimes, an omelet. She eats quietly and quickly and soon is back in her recliner, searching for words in one of her books – when she’s not channel-surfing and grousing about other people not calling her.

Today, I decided we needed a tea party, complete with toast points and the mush that is leftover from porcupines, a meatball made with rice and hamburger. I knew I could get Momma to eat a few apple slices, but only if they were presented properly, and she tried a Romaine leaf with some cheese and sausage.

We giggled together and remembered when Bernie brought Gabby out for a tea party.

Momma filled up on a variety of tasty tidbits and for a moment, she wasn’t bored or blue. I live for those moments.