Bella Tea Room

10/03/2026

Good Morning's Teatime!
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"Somewhere along the way, I realized that the new year doesn’t begin for me in January. The new and fresh has always come for me in the Fall.
Ironically, as leaves are falling like rain, crunching beneath my feet with finality, I am vibrating with the excitement of birth and new beginnings.... My year begins in Autumn." ~ Betsy Cañas Garmon

10/02/2026

Come have tea with us tomorrow at West Branch Farmer's Market!
Fyi: elderberry syrup is going fast.
See you at the Market!

10/02/2026

Good Morning's Teatime: Gather 💛☕💛
Do make 'a teatime' (it really doesn't have to be tea, anything shared works!) and a space of grace for someone you love today.

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” ~ Wendy Mass

If this year has shown me anything at all, it is how very much we need to be fully present for one another. A dear friend taught me this week the powerful difference between comfort vs. courage.

Do not allow yourself to become so comfortable with your own self, opinions and schedule that you lose courage to reach out and befriend another who may need you right now. Simply to be present in lending your heart and listening ear is a gift in friendship like none other. It very well could be you that need this precious care in the very near future. Stay close to your tribe.

10/01/2026

Good Morning's Teatime! 💛☕💛
Blessed October 1st!
Lord, Thank you for each moment, for the holy moment, the music, the child's eyes, for the sunlight, the touch, the tears, for the trembling pleasure, the unutterable beauty, the breathing, for the life and love and heart in me, aware, and the wholeness spreading in me. Touch me through whatever comes as a gift that I may be graceful and praise you in it all. (Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace)

09/30/2026

Good Morning's Teatime 💛☕️💛
"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary, use words." ~ Francis of Assisi

Bears repeating this week. Actions speak more powerfully than words. 💛

09/29/2026

Good Morning's Teatime: Stronger 💛☕💛
'Your trauma made you stronger mantra' has been preached at me from my earliest memories to embrace the trauma of my childhood with cliches such as 'it made you who you are today' and 'adversity made you stronger.' Most likely it was voiced to excuse the guilt of the adults involved.

I will never excuse recklessness and irresponsibility in the lives of innocent children. I have come to a place of forgiveness, but never excuses. I am stronger by the mercy and grace of God. I was created to be a fighter in rising above the trauma never to return. Trauma did not make me stronger; love did! Trauma did reveal what I wanted for my life and to fight for it with all my might. Never to be a victim, instead to embody that of a fighter for all that's good and just. 💛

We got this! One step at a time. I know how hard it is to step out of a life you never wanted. Our history does not define us, as our stories are still being written till heaven takes us Home. 🙌
xoxoxo ~ Ginger

09/28/2026

09/28/2026

Good Morning's teatime! 💛☕💛
"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary, use words." Francis of Assisi

09/27/2026

Good Sunday Morning's Teatime: Song of my heart
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As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after thee
You alone are my hearts desire
And I long to worship thee
Chorus
You alone are my strength my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my hearts desire
And I long to worship thee
You're my friend and You are my brother,
Even though you are a king.
I love you more than any other,
So much more than anything.
I want You more than gold or silver,
Only You can satisfy.
You alone are the real joy Giver,
And the apple of my eye.