Sometimes when I’m just driving around I put on the radio and just listen to whatever is on. There was an interesting program I came across where the topic was something about “if you could ask a women who is no longer living a question, what would it be and why?” So I got to thinking maybe I would change that up a little bit & make my own scenario up.         If I could ask five women who are no longer living to come together for maybe, a tea party who would they be and why? 

      So it got time to pick the five women and I thought to myself right away, “Jackie Kennedy. She would be my first pick.” I would love to know what it was like to be there that day. As horrible as it was to lose her husband in such a public manner, she showed such enormous strength and composure. I’d also like to know what it was like to live the life that she led after her years in the White House. She was a wonderful mother who fiercely loved and protected her children. I have always admired Jackie and I would just love to share a cup of tea with her and tell her that. 

     My second pick was Eleanor Roosevelt. I would love to know what living in the White House was like. I suppose she and Jackie until both have that in common, so that would make for some great conversation of course. Eleanor was such an intelligent woman yet I read somewhere she said if she had one regret it was that she were not prettier. I think she was a beautiful woman, certainly from her strength of character alone. I would love to know what lessons she would choose to share with me. 

    Three was Joan of Arc. She always seemed like a real special gal to me. I like her & I would like to have her come to the tea party too. She must have some stories to tell. Girrrrrrlllll!!! She may have only lived to be 19, but she sure packed a whole lotta punch into those short years. Plus, there is the whole sainthood thing that kinda gives you that “legendary-status” if you know what I mean. 

     The fourth I think would be Amelia Earhart. First, I want to know where she went. Plus, she just seems so amazing with all that she did both as a woman and an explorer in her time. Truly a neat lady. How much could she contribute to the conversation? 

    And then came time for my fifth woman. Who would be my fifth? That’s a big spot to fill with a lot of responsibility. I got to thinking about the criteria…they just had to be no longer living and a woman. So I thought maybe I would invite my Grandmother to tea. She was a very intelligent lady & she would have a lot to add to the conversation. She studied at Cornell and had a variety of skills that any one of these women would be envious of. Yes, I would invite Marjorie Holloway to tea with Jackie, Eleanor, Joan and Amelia. 

    There were my five ladies…all of them from the past all, of them full of experiences to tell & share & hopefully teach to one another and to me. I encourage all of you to do this exercise & pick five women from the past & choose why you would invite them to tea. What would you hope you would learn from them & what you would talk about? What questions would you ask them and what do you still want to know? The more I think about questions like these the more I hope someday somebody picks me to be on their list to invite to tea someday. Because I think I have something worthwhile to say & hopefully they will think I have something that is worthy enough to contribute. I’m really looking forward to my tea party because after all, good tea is just really, really “good stuff”.