This post was written for Five Minute Friday
Word prompt--LEGACY
Five minutes to free-write about it
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One of the legacies I think I may have handed down to my children, and they to theirs, is a love of doing puzzles, and also of playing games, which is usually how we end up most visits.
The puzzle (on the left) was given to me by one of my granddaughters. It has to be one of the most difficult puzzles I have ever done. My daughter and I have been working on it for months. Finally, in desperation, I sorted the remaining pieces by shape, thinking it would make it easier.
Today I learned a very important and timely lesson from it that was just perfect for the bible study homework I have been working on, which is about recognizing and breaking free from the lies we believe and replacing them with God's truth.
Five minutes is not long enough to go into details. (I will do that on my other blog--At The Foot Of The Cross--when I'm done with this post.)
In short though, there was one puzzle piece I had been searching for, for a couple of days, and was convinced must be missing, because there were only two small sections of shapes that could fit it and I had looked through both of them multiple times. At this point I was convinced the piece must have fallen off the table and gotten vacuumed up or something, but decided to look through those pieces one last time, and voilà, there it was.
I also love jigsaw puzzles. Perhaps this puzzle was interchangeable? Meaning that the pieces could fit in more than one place? I know they exist! I worked at a jigsaw puzzle store from 1997 to 2001. You didn't mention the name of the manufacturer of this puzzle, but I know one company is Clementoni. It is an Italian company, they have very good quality jigsaw puzzles, but they can be interchangeable, which really makes it much harder.
ReplyDeleteI prefer Ravensburger, made in Germany. One of the best quality jigsaw puzzles money can buy...yes, they can be more expensive, but you get what you pay for. The quality is fantastic. The pieces are thick and cut beautifully and they fit very nicely.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Just an ordinary, but very hard, 1,000 piece puzzle (eeBoo). Pieces are not interchangeable.
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DeleteeeBoo is Canadian. This is one I am unfamiliar with, so I can't speak for the quality or how they are made. Thanks for letting me know. I mean, I am Canadian and all, LOL, but the only Canadian one I am familiar with is Wrebbit. They were 3D puzzles made here in Montreal! I don't think they are around anymore, though.
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ReplyDeleteBela postagem, lindo quebra-cabeça, o meu esposo também comprou um de 1.000 peças, comecei a montar com os meus filhos, só que não terminei, eles conseguiram terminar kkkkk. Acreditar na verdade de Deus é bênção, um forte abraço.
You have more patience than I do! I'm glad you found that missing piece!
ReplyDeleteThere it was.
ReplyDeleteThat little phrase could be a whole book!
The puzzle does look really hard. We do not seem to be able to finish any if it is over 750 pieces.
ReplyDeleteIt is always fun to find those elusive puzzle pieces.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found the missing piece, Sandra. It's so disappointing when you work on something like that for months and there is a piece missing. Thanks for sharing. Kath
ReplyDeleteOh yes, a good lesson for me... because I have done and thought the same thing regarding puzzle pieces.
ReplyDeleteLove, Carla
I use to do puzzles but now my cats scatter the pieces! I'm thinking of getting smaller ones that perhaps Louis Dean and I can do together.....
ReplyDeleteI've taken up doing puzzles on line. Still a challenge, but never misplace pieces.
ReplyDeleteOur life journeys sometimes feel like finding those puzzle pieces...
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