The Puzzle — Tools and Life

Tool Puzzle

Puzzle Nears Completion

We dragged out a puzzle John got for Christmas 2012 and put it out on the table that stays on the sun porch just for puzzles.  The puzzle was of tools hanging on the wall and was only 275 pieces.  The box stated it had large pieces and was easy handled.  Duh!  I thought we could throw this little jewel together in nothing flat. Was I wrong.  I almost had to search for a place to put the last piece.

We sat there for hours and struggled with that one (I finally finished it last night).  Over and over I asked John what this was or that was and he always had an answer.  One time I said, “John, Daddy had one of these — what is it?”  He very quickly told me it was a drawing knife.  He told me during all this that he had used every tool in the picture at one time or another during his lifetime.  Wow!

As I sat there mulling over placing a puzzle piece in the right place I couldn’t help but think that life is much like trying to put a puzzle together.  So many times we aren’t sure just how to place this little bit and wonder just where this piece goes. Sometimes we even drop a piece and have to look for it — just like the jigsaw puzzle.  On occasion we think we can fit this certain piece in the right place when it turns out that it won’t fit — or even put it where we think it fits and find later we have to take that one out.

As we’ve gotten older we definitely can compare our lives to the puzzle — it’s almost finished, but where do the remaining pieces fit? It gives us something to think about while enjoying country living.