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My Great Grandmother Margaret Corbett Koetting could cure just about any illness with tea. Maybe it is because both of her parents were Irish. When my mom was a kid any time she had a difficult day she would go to Grandma’s. The Koettings owned three houses next to each other in Milwaukee, so it wasn’t a long walk for my Mom. Great Grandma would just say ‘Come on in and have a little cup of tea and tell me all about it.’ So my mom would and they would chat and sip until everything was better. |
| Great Grandma was on to something, as the healing power of tea is now recognized by science. The healing power of Grandmas is also pretty well recognized. I must admit to believing in tea. I drink it by the gallon, hot, even in the middle of summer. I’m not alone in this – Captain Picard of Star trek was well known for ‘Earl Gray – Hot’. |  |
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And tea saved Dr. Who when he was regenerating. |
| Of course Great Grandma wasn’t an utter fool. When tea didn’t work she would add a shot of whiskey to the tea. My mother thought nothing of getting a shot of whisky as a medicinal toddy. Here a a few more pictures of Great Grandma. Looking at these pictures I know why my mother’s cousins called her ‘Little Grandma’. I included the picture with Kevin because the story is that my mother put him in Grandma’s lap for a picture. She had dementia and she wasn’t pleased to have a baby on her lap. She kept saying ‘Somebody take this child from me please’. |
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