Rain and Tea

Today my lovie Lisa Samson's tea shop, Cuppa: A Tea Cafe is having its grand opening. I got there before the doors opened, and Lisa and I shared a quiet time of prayer while the scones baked. A short time later, as I drank coffee--she sells coffee, too--our neighbor Karen stopped by to be Lisa's first customer on her first "real" day in business. I sat near the window so I can wait for my husband, all swagger and milk chocolate fineness, to come into view. It's his first day of work. Not that he hasn't been working all along, creating this logo, beautiful murals--oh, you have to see them!-- and and replicas of the brushed-stroked tea cup stretched across the window panes near the front entrance. It is raining today. The air is cool. We would have preferred a sunny opening day, but isn't rain perfect for tea and scones? And you can have your pick of sweet or savory. Or both! And one of 52 kinds of tea.

Ironically, I had coffee at the shop, but came back home to the Sunshine House and drank a cup of my favorite blend that I purchased. It's the Cuppa Favorite pick this week. It's called Starry Night.

Dear Lord, I could bathe in it! I could wear it as my favorite perfume. It's as whimsical and evocative as the painting that shares it's name. And with a bit of cream on top. OMGosh! I wish you were here with me today. We could sip our starry night, and simply soak in the graces that come our way, even when it rains. Or maybe, especially when it does.

"We have all known the long loneliness, and we have learned that the only solution is love, and that love comes with community." -- Dorothy Day.

Much love,
mair-franics