Tea Parties and Soul Gliding

Tea Parties and Soul Gliding

Today I decided to play out in the yard with my flowers.

We haven’t had many sunny days this summer and although the sun was playing peek-a-boo with the clouds and I was soooo busy, it was a gorgeous day and I needed to grab some sunshine.

The bright yellow sunflowers were stunning and I decided I’d take some pictures.

I set up my lawn furniture near the flowers because the set would add a pretty color accent.

Creatively sparking forward, the way my brain does, I decided to have a Tea Party.

I carried out some of my dolls and set them up on the lawn chairs.

I couldn’t believe how happy they looked!

I didn’t know who the Tea Party was for; I thought maybe it was just for me and that was okay because sometimes even great-grandmothers need to play.

Then my daughter, Jodie Lynne, called me and we decided she needed a tea party too and then I knew who I had been setting up for, my daughter.

We talked for awhile and I told her she was attending by special invitation because it was a very exclusive Tea Party.

I had only put out two glasses.

I told her I’d put our pictures out there on the table and the dolls were happy to hold cards she’d sent me too.

After the tea party was over, I told her that we had been soul gliding and she said, “Duh, I’m the one who taught you about soul gliding.”

Yes, she is the one who taught me the phrase, but we have been soul gliding since long before we knew the words.

I took a hundred pictures and left the tea party set up for quite a while. It made me smile everytime I looked out the window.

When I finally carried the dolls back into the house, I realized how few Tea Parties I’d had with my daughters when they were little, because I was always too busy to play.

I was grateful that we had one today.

A few months ago, my ten-year-old grandson told me, “Grammy, you’re never too old to have stuffed animals.”

I think the same applies to Tea Parties.

I love you, Jodie Lynne.