Before I became a teacher, I was in the US Navy. I served all over the world, hopping from country to country. It was during a two year stint in England that I came to love tea. I have to tell you, if you want to learn to make a good cuppa, you have to take note from the British. They’ve got it down pat.
After England I left the Navy and went to college, where I met my coblogger (and wife), Jess. It wasn’t long before she was converted to tea as well. With a little sugar, a little milk… lovely! I honestly believe that more Americans would drink tea if they made it the same way they did their coffee.
While in England, I remember being surprised at the age at which kids would start drinking tea. And they each knew how they liked it: “One sugar, with a little milk.” “Put the milk in first, then the tea, please.” “Lots of sugar!”
This morning the time came for The Monkey to have his first cup of tea. I was about to have my own cup and realized it to be the perfect opportunity for a father-son quality moment. We need more QM’s, the two of us.
Mine was steeped for 3-4 minutes, with a spoonful of sugar and a little milk at the end. His was steeped for about 30 seconds, just the tip of the spoonful of sugar, and a good amount of milk. And he got a straw.
We’re going to make it a Saturday ritual. We read a little out of God’s Word and prayed together. The reading was from Psalm 2:7-12. Verse seven is a familiar one,
“He said to me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten you.”
As I find new ways to get to know my children I wonder, what are your parent-child bonding traditions?
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