Time for Tea Parties 

Tea parties for my mom were a highlight of visits my grandchildren and I enjoyed with her at the nursing home.  Even before that, Mother served tea in her home and mine.  It was a tradition of hospitality in her family. 
If you enjoy tea parties, or simply a cup of tea and chatting, with your Alzheimer’s family member, you may like to browse my Tea Time News and Notes blog.  I’ve found that articles about tea and tea time I write for my Country Kitchen newspaper column are very popular.  So I began  blogging about tea.
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When I mentioned previously my idea of starting a Tea Time at Alzheimer’s Notes, where I’d chat with visitors, through their comments or e-mails, I realized this was a tradition typical of my family and one we continued with Mother in the nursing home.
Sitting down to a cup of tea (or coffee for my aunts) runs through my memories of visiting my grandmother at her farm.  Every afternoon at 3:00, we stopped what we were doing, took a break and had a chat over tea and snacks.  Mother was ready to offer visitors a cup of tea when they stopped by …read more