making a pitcher of tea is something that holds a lot of weight in my life bc i did it a lot when my mom was alive. i stopped doing it as much when she died. it felt weird to make it and not go into her room and get her to smell the tea bags before i put them in. while waiting for the water to boil, sometimes I'd go in there and chat with her until its done, talk about how my tastes for tea have developed into hers within the past few years, how she slowly unsweetened every pitcher she made for me until i got used to drinking tea that doesnt have as much sugar. i remember i drank tea everyday before she died. and i find myself wishing i had made her tea more often whenever i think back on it, just like how she'd make me tea when i was a kid. idk. its little things like that that make me really miss my mom. i don't often have regrets about things i could've done differently, because i know logically theres no point in really thinking about it. but tea was so ingrained into my mom and i's daily lives that this is the one thing that still makes me cry, even while on meds.