There
was a time when Jaime was three and her sister Pamprin was visiting. Pamprin laid out a coloring book so that she
could color one page while Jaime colored the other – only Jaime wanted to color
the same page as Pamprin. It didn’t even
matter which page. When Pamprin switched
sides or found new pictures, Jaime wanted to color the very same picture that
her big sister was coloring. Pamprin reluctantly shared her space. I think it made Jaime feel closer to her.
I
was reminded of that memory this morning while working on a puzzle that Richard
and I had started. We had already rolled
it up and put it away for another time.
My daughter-in-law, Claire asked if I would like to continue. And so I set it up. She started one side of the puzzle and I
another. After a while she abandoned her
side and came to help me with the areas I had been working on. I don't know that it had the same results on either of us that it had on Jaime and Pamprin.
