99 Beautiful Places is a puzzle that I received as a Christmas gift this year (thanks again C). I started it a little over a week ago. I put some time into it on my own. The next day “our girls” (daughters of our heart*; you can read an early part of that story here) came for a visit. After dinner we gathered in the den and B and I worked on the puzzle while A and Jerry watched and chatted. We made good progress on the puzzle, but even more we made good progress in continuing to grow our family ties.
As always happens with any kind of a visit, the time came for the girls to leave. I spent a little more time on the puzzle, but it’s just not as fun working on it alone. As the week progressed I was telling God how I would love to see our dear DooH*again soon. That very evening B texted and said they’d like to come back again to visit and work on the puzzle together. Wo hoo!
This past weekend we enjoyed other afternoon together. With B, A and I all focusing on it we were able to complete the puzzle. The title of the puzzle fits -there are indeed 99 beautiful places from around the world highlighted on it. Twenty two of those places I have already visited, another twenty six are on my travel wish list.
As lovely as all those places are, or seem to be, I can tell you they missed at least one! To me the most beautiful place is with those I love. Whether that’s at Christmas with my nieces and nephews, sharing dinner with my sister and her husband, playing a game with Jerry or doing a puzzle or coloring with B and A; that’s true beauty!