#AtoZChallenge, April 11, 2018, Jigsaw Puzzle
Widower Jim McLaren finds the missing jigsaw puzzle piece to his life.
26 posts. 26 days. And 26 letters of the alphabet, one post beginning with each letter, in April.
Follow me as we visit the not-quite-normal retirement village of Twilight, Arizona, where reality clashes with the unexplained.
Jigsaw Puzzle
“How are you doing today, Jimmy?”
Jim McLaren looked up from the library table where he fiddled with pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. The librarian leaned over and snapped one in place. He frowned, unable to remember her name.
“Every day above ground is a good one,” he said, his trembling fingers playing with the edge of a piece.
“That’s right. We must count our blessings.” She patted him on the shoulder and returned to the circulation desk.
Hmph. What blessings could he count? He spent every morning at the library putting puzzles together because his doctor said it was a good way to keep his mind active. Afterward, he’d have soup at the King’s Table then ride his golf car home to watch depressing news until bedtime at eight.
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