I started this final with this question because it was playing on my mind at this moment. The Book of Tea, was something I needed. There are many things going on in my life that I have kept quiet about. My son’s complications from surgery, my daughter’s complete mental breakdown, my husband’s heart attack, and my severe flu, which I had to ignore to care for others, all occurred within a month and a half’s time. I have found no joy in study, which normally makes me shake with excitement. I can’t sketch, or listen to music. The struggle of sitting in hospital rooms, emergency rooms, and doctor’s offices, all the while juggling my needed study supplies, exhausted me. Finding slots in the day to even sit, and living on maybe 3-4 hours of sleep
