During the past weeks of confinement, many of you may have taken to doing puzzles to pass the time, hoping to keep some semblance of sanity and encouraging your slowly congealing brain to retain some sense of flexibility.
You may have started slowly with larger sized 500-piece simple puzzles. Having accomplished that level and feeling confident, you might have moved on to smaller sized 1000-piece puzzles – even feeling brave enough to attempt complex and multi-coloured scenes of boats at sea, prolific flower displays in extravagant gardens and the likes.
Well, I took the plunge and, along with my sister Angela, we have compared notes and pictures of our accomplishments to date. This week, feeling cocky, it seems we have both hit a snag or two.
In frustration and threats of putting it all back into the box, sister Angela wrote her ode to the whole experience.
With her permission, and I am sure in acknowledgement of the frustration so many of you might have felt, I share with you her words of both wit and wisdom:
Ode to my 1,000 Piece Puzzle
I was excited when we first met.
You were different and new.
But soon our relationship sifted,
you became difficult and secretive
hiding parts of yourself
even sneaking under the table.
Some nights you frustrated me,
others I was delighted to find parts of you
I never knew existed.
Now that you are about to leave me, I will miss you
I have grown fond of you and we have become so close
So close that I know every square inch of you,
even with my eyes closed, every curve
Adieu my puzzling friend….
you now have my permission to date someone new.
- Angela B.
As we continue into the as yet unknown, we have taken up both new and old hobbies. I have tried to reteach myself to play the piano, something which I abandoned so many years ago. I have come to realize that my left hand has no idea what my right hand is doing and probably never will.
Perhaps you might like to share with Amy what you have been doing (or not) during these past eight weeks.
As we have been apart for what seems like an eternity at this point, I am sure we would all like to hear about your projects, your successes, failures and the somewhere-in-betweens. I am looking forward to reading all about them in our newsletter.
May the peace which passes all understanding,
the peace of our Lord,
be your companion in the coming days.
Beryl