Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. Cicero
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and dividing of our grief. Cicero
How true that saying was to me in the past five years. There were old friends who were by my side every year and new ones that joined us along the way on our journey. They brought along friends, family and neighbors for our last Daffodil Tea. Hats were optional but encouraged !!
antique teacup
Welcome flyers
Family at tea table
Mother and son at tea tablee
Two women and child at tea table
People enjoying tea and cakes
People enjoying tea and cakes
women enjoying tea
Mother with childrren at auction table
Young boy eating cake
Young boy eating cookie
Two girls smiling

Melissa invited her friends, mom, Aunts, cousins and their children. Pastor Gina was there as she was every year and this year she even managed to sit down with her son Matt – another yearly supporter. Margaret and Katie came along from Walnut Hill School where we lived and worked and brought along their children. As the tables filled I recognized many from the hospital that I worked at. Some had left or retired but they came together for the Daffodil Tea. We underestimated the turn out and had to add another two tables !! I loved seeing the little ones there especially the Keenan boys who were “dressed for tea.” This was the second year that their dad had brought them from WHS. Hope invited her friends and they were also “dressed for tea.”

Woman laughing
Birthday Flowers
Table set for birthday celebration
Woman celebrating 100th birthday
Two women smiling
Two sisters at tea table
Four women wearing hats and drinking tea
Woman at auction table
In Feb of 2014 Sadie celebrated her 100th birthday and asked if I would do the flowers for the event. She wanted white, blue and gold flowers. No blue flowers in Feb so I added blue ribbon and they turned out quite nicely. It was a fraction of the cost that the florists were going to charge. She paid for the flowers and I did the work – we were both very happy on the day. Her daughter once again brought Sadie to the Daffodil Tea where we celebrated our close friendship. I loved seeing many hats at the Tea and especially Pauline’s grey and pink chiffon creation.
Three women at table
Two women enjoying tea
Four women
Four women
Two sisters
Two women
Woman speaking at microphone
Two women
Woman wearing fancy hat
Two women at coffee pot
Three women in kitchen
Lot of women at tea tables

As I said at the beginning this was a year of reconnecting with many attendees from Leonard Morse Hospital where I worked. It was lovely to see Bernadette who immediately offered to help when she saw the crowd. My sister Sarah loved being with us and hugs and smiles were in abundance. She even did the dishes !! The last Daffodil Tea was a Full House and I left with a very full heart filled with Love and Gratitude for ever so many people named and unnamed and for Kenneth who will also be in our hearts forever.