title: The Art of Prayer & Tea & Thee: A New Way to Find a Moment to Pray In the Midst of Our Busy Days
author: Sheila A Stephens
description: Sheila Stephens is author of The Mystery School of Grief; Healing Messages of Love &amp; Light, written about the surprising and serendipitous events that helped her during the first 10 years after her husband, Allen Stephens, passed away. She is also author of the meditational book, The Art of Prayer &amp; Tea &amp; Thee, in which she created The New American Tea Ceremony. In addition, Stephens was the editor for her late husbands New Western, Gone to Glory. Nominated for the prestigious Nina Mae Kellogg Writing Award during her college years at Portland State University, Stephens became an international award winning poet and a Level I Reiki Practitioner. As a writing teacher and a sought-after speaker, she shares wisdoms about healing from grief and loss, and the life-giving power of creativity both on her blog, and newsletter (visit FlowersOfTheSpirit.com to subscribe). Author's Website: FlowersOfTheSpirit.com
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  # The Lady's Maid
  
  
  ### Katherine Mansfield
  
  
  
  
  
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  ELEVEN o'clock. A knock at the door . . . . I hope I haven't disturbed you,
  madam. You weren't asleep—were you? But I've just given my lady her tea, and
  there was such a nice cup over, I thought, perhaps . . .
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  . . . Not at all, madam. I always make a cup of tea last thing. She drinks it
  in bed after her prayers to warm her up. I put the kettle on when she kneels
  down and I say to it, "Now you needn't be in too much of a hurry to say your
  prayers." But it's always boiling before my lady is half through. You see,
  madam, we know such a lot of people, and they've all got to be prayed
  for—every one. My lady keeps a list of the names in a little red book. Oh
  dear! whenever some one new has been to see us and my la