So I put together a 300 piece puzzle on Wednesday, and yesterday I put together four 27 piece 3D Christmas ornament puzzles. I have to say that it wasn’t as terrible as I thought it would be.
At the beginning, before I start working, thoughts of mom and puzzling with her pop up – but as I get engrossed in the assembly I find that the focus is solely on the pieces and how they fit together. When I finished is when it was the most difficult for me, as that’s the time I would send mom a picture or a text and show her the finished puzzle; we would talk about it and what I was going to do next. I’m going to miss that so very much.
I’m thankful that the almost meditative state that jigsaw puzzling brings to me is still intact; and that even though I’m sad I can no longer sit with her at my puzzle table, jigsaw puzzles are still able to help me de-stress and turn off my brain for a while. I’ve never needed to stop thinking more than I do right now.
My Jigsaw Journal 
Light is with you.
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Thank you my friend. 💗
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Hi, Stacey, I’m so glad you can find enjoyment and comfort in your jigsaw puzzles again. Happy you are back.
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Thanks Ellen, I’m glad too, I was sort of dreading it to be honest – I thought it would be terribly sad.
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I know what you mean……..Glad you can find some comfort in puzzling.
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Thanks Mandy. It is comforting to get back to something I love so much, and even though it’s sad that I can’t share it with mom anymore I still have so many wonderful memories of puzzling with her to keep me company.
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It would have been awful to lose the joy of puzzling as well, but somehow I was sure you wouldn’t.
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I wasn’t so sure. Puzzles and mom are all bundled together in my mind and I was hesitant to even start one. I’m glad they’re more of a comfort than the sad reminder I thought they would be.
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