……”Teatime” will be taking some “quiet quality time” during the Summer months.  I will continue my blogs in the Fall.  Enjoy your “quiet quality time” with friends and family this Summer!

     Sometimes quality time doesn’t have to be spent talking or doing an activity together.  Sometimes it’s just sitting with someone, not saying a word, and just being with them.

     I realized that the morning I got up to do an early swim at Conesus Lake in New York.  I was spending the time with my parents at their cottage along with my two teen girls.  The early morning sun welcomed me as I continued to do my strokes in the cool water.  I looked just ahead of me and saw my dad doing his early morning fishing.  I then looked towards the cottage to see my mom drinking her coffee and doing her crossword puzzle.  My oldest daughter was sitting on the ledge of the porch texting and my other teen daughter was listening to her i-pod.  I smiled because I realized that even though we were all doing our separate thing, we were all spending quiet quality time together.  It was so comforting having everyone around, yet we didn’t have to be doing the same thing.

     I even started to look for quiet time on other days.  If I saw my dad sitting reading the newspaper, I would sit at the table with him.  He would never look up from his paper and we wouldn’t exchange any words.  However, just knowing that I was there seemed comforting to him.  Just being around him and my mother this Summer at their cottage at Conesus was enough…being there said volumes to all of us.

I would like to wish everyone a happy Memorial Day Weekend.  May all of you have a happy, safe, and blessed time with friends & family.

I would also like to say happy 1 year anniversary to my blog, “Tea Time with Pam.”  I appreciate my readers.

Although you can never put a price on the value of a mother, I heard yesterday on the news that the estimated worth of a mom is $117,856 a year! And even though we moms get paid in hugs and kisses….wouldn’t it be nice to make $117, 856 a year including hugs and kisses?!

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; 
They don’t have time to make it.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils 
Are probably in the sandbox. 
Filthy ovens and happy kids. 
Doesn’t come out of carpets. 
The vacuum just sucked up… 
And get their answer when a little
Voice says, ‘Because I love you best.’ 
Is not measured by height or years or grade… 
It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother…..

Real Mothers often have sticky floors,

Real Mothers know that dried play dough

Real Mothers don’t want to know what

Real Mothers sometimes ask ‘Why me?’

Real Mothers know that a child’s growth

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE – My Mommy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE – My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE – My Mother doesnt know everything!

14 YEARS OF AGE – My Mother? She wouldnt have a clue.

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16 YEARS OF AGE – Mother? She’s so five minutes ago.

18 YEARS OF AGE – That old woman? She’s way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE – Well, she might know a little bit about it!

35 YEARS OF AGE – Before we decide, let’s get Mom’s opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE – Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE – Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she carries, or

the  way she combs her hair. 
Because that is the doorway to her heart, 
The place where love resides. 
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, 
But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. 
It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she
Shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!
 

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,

This was sent to me via email…great reminder for all moms!

Enjoy your day!