Darlene is a super-puzzler. We’ve known for years she can easily finish off 500 and 1000 piece puzzles. But this summer she’s taking that to a whole new level. She is now tackling a 9000—yes, 9000—piece puzzle.  

One of the support workers at Clearbrook Home where Darlene lives brought the giant puzzle in to show Darlene, knowing how much she loves working puzzles. The staff member had ordered it for herself and decided it was too big for the space in her home. As soon as Darlene saw it and her eyes lit up. In a normal summer, Darlene would attend camp or do other trips. But since the pandemic has limited her summer adventures, she thought doing a puzzle would be very exciting. When asked how long she thinks it will take, she replied “til summer”.  The staff was thinking that too – more precisely, ‘til the end of August.

We’ve put up a calendar with the months of summer on it and are marking the days she works on it.

Is she worried that she won’t finish it?  “No!” she says emphatically, “I KNOW I will finish it!!!”