I would love to tell you that the day I brought home some non-caffeinated fruit tisane (more on this later) to the first non-imaginary tea party that there were fireworks of amazement. I sat there while she took her first sip. This is it…all the research, all the shopping, all the good parenting had come to this one moment. I am the mother that went the distance! She looked at me while I waited with bated breath… “This. Is. Horrible.” I smiled and was thinking, “I know…wait, what?” There it is, the unfiltered five-year-old. Ugh, JK of tea…gone. Another “mom Rockefeller moment” in my head gone wrong; but wait, could I add honey to salvage it? Yes, Yes, a spoonful of honey! Saved the moment, saved the day, and eventually saved my business plan. (More on the sweetener part later, too.)
