A Lovely Cup Of Tea!

By Teresa H-B Dec 31, 2022

A Lovely Cup Of Tea

If life is full gloom and woe and nothing turns out right,
there’s a simple quick solution and it’s often in plain sight.

A lovely cup of tea…

If your day has been quite stressful and you’ve missed your bus again,
or the car has stalled from lack of fuel, so you’ve walked home in the rain.

A lovely cup of tea…

If your dog has chewed your favourite shoes, or your cat has brought a mouse,
or the children have been using paints and graffitied all the house.

A lovely cup of tea…

If the alarm clock fails to wake you up, so you’re running very late,
or bathroom scales are telling you you’re officially overweight.

A lovely cup of tea…

If you turn up to the airport and your flight has been delayed,
or you check your latest wage slip and find you’re under paid.

A lovely cup of tea…

If your football team has lost once more, and left you feeling blue,
or built a flat pack from the store without the final screw.

A lovely cup of tea…

The answer’s very easy, just put the kettle on,
then sit and savour your fine brew, then nothing will be wrong.

ahh!

December 2022

About the author

Teresa H-B

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Teresa lives in Worthing with her husband Stuart and their three rescue cats. She has recently retired from a long career in the Health and Social care sector, and has taken up Mosaics, Pilates and walking cricket. Her love of writing has always been prevalent throughout her life, and she wrote Catawall, fluent in feline following major surgery as a form of therapy. Her love of rhyme and rhythm feature in Catawall and her subsequent children’s books featuring Mackerel a piratical cat who captures the heart of everyone, even the ships mice and rats! ‘Mackerel and The Jolly Daisy’, ‘Mackerel and the Treasure Map’ and ‘Mackerel Saves the Day’. Her latest project Doggee Longlegs enters young fiction aimed at older children. Doggee is about young dog who starts life in a rescue shelter, overlooked on the homing day. Teresa is a great advocate of all animals and feels passionately about animal welfare, both at home and abroad.

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