Red's Wrap
Happiness. It's relative.
Demented
In the afternoon, she’d sit by the window, the jigsaw puzzle spread on the table, and, for hours, she’d pick up the pieces and put them down, the mystery companion to her misery.
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Written in response to a Trifecta Writing Challenge to use the third definition of ‘companion’ in a piece 33 to 333 words long. Def. one that is closely connected with something similar.
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Enough said really. Fabulously done. Thanks for linking up!
Well done! Amazing example of what you can do with 33 words.
Wow – thank you.
Oh, such a punch with so few words. This is sad…I can picture her confusion as she studied the pieces. (My grandma would wander and often stand in the kitchen. When I’d ask if she needed something, she’d just say, “I don’t know.”)
My mother (the jigsaw puzzle doer) liked to rearrange and stack canned goods in the pantry. She seemed content doing that. Sometimes she would decorate the cans with Christmas bows. It made her happy at the time.
oh, does that make me a bad mother? I buy puzzles for my kids all the time!!!
great writing, packs a powerful punch in so few words.
best,
MOV
No, puzzles are great! I was thinking about my mother, in her Alzheimer’s, working on a jigsaw puzzle for hours and not really getting anywhere.
Oh, that’s so sad!
mystery companion to her misery. Yeow.
Short and simple and effective!
Thanks. And thanks for reading. I really like that you read and comment on my stuff. Yours is always so amazing.