Missing Pieces (Paperback)

Chapter One

This story is about a dead girl, a dead dog, a dead mom, and lots of dead mailboxes, so if you don't like dead things, stop reading right now.

For as long as I can remember, my mother has bought a new jigsaw puzzle every few months. She says it helps our family work together on at least one thing. The newest was a picture of a waterfall, nice and peaceful, unlike our lives the past few weeks.

When you first start a puzzle, it's hard to imagine getting finished. But piece by piece it comes together, kind of like life. Well, some people's lives. I don't know if our lives will ever fit together. I can't imagine what the picture would look like in the end.

But with all the dead things in this story, I think you'll be surprised how much life came from it.

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