Puzzles
My wife loves jigsaw puzzles. In fact, the passion for puzzles goes back generations. Often during family get-togethers, my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and wife will join around the dining room table for hours of puzzle assembly fun. My wife’s grandparents enjoyed puzzles as well. I, on the other hand, can’t stand puzzles. They stress me out. Maybe because I’m not good at them. Maybe because I don’t have the patience or see the point. Why spend hours working on something which will only be torn apart and put back in a box? I just don’t get it. I do however enjoy a good word puzzle. Not necessarily Scrabble or Mad Gab (although those are fun). I love to write. Words can shift a perspective, comfort a broken heart, deepen a conviction or rekindle a dream. Words can transform the mind, start a revolution and reshape society. Words have incredible power. Words give me power when I feel powerless. Writing isn’t easy, and it can be quite time consuming and emotionally draining.