A Day Without Tea

After experiencing the world a neighbor created as a wife, mother, and educator last evening, I meandered about for a bit. Window shopping in boutiques and getting caught up on some reading on a subway platform bench...I wondered what compelled me to her funeral...oddly enough, it was simply because I always loved the many brief and vital exchanges we shared on our street.  There were many completed cycles of life on earth this Christmas and without fail at the completion of each, there was an abundance of love.