The Unexpected Blessing of a Jigsaw Puzzle

In the summer of 2022, our daughter Katy moved back home full-time from South Dakota to help me and Wendy out here in Wheaton. As Wendy struggles with memory loss, much that was once second nature to her, like driving, has become fraught with difficulty. When Katy arrived, she had the inspiration to take Wendy to Half-Price Books and shop for jigsaw puzzles. Wendy had done puzzles with our kids when they were growing up, and with kids she cared for over the years—also with older people she spent time with in one capacity or another (above all, in friendship). At Half-Price, Wendy and Katy found a couple of used puzzles in very good condition plus several news ones that had been marked down. Wendy took them up with gusto.