Relationships are like puzzles; the frame should be done first ~KE

Wednesday Word

She smiled as she read her journal from last year and remembered experiencing
what she had then written about with an almost complete stranger.

Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda for a word on the
importance of a framework and foundation for any healthy relationship. When
building a house, do you frame it without a foundation or do you lay the
foundation first? We all know that a house needs a firm foundation; and today’s
word emphasizes this truth.
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They stood side by side, each looking for the pieces with faces on them and as they worked
together, putting the pieces in their right places, a sense of satisfaction filled the air. “We make
a great team,” he exclaimed every time she handed him the piece to fill the right spot. She
smiled…inwardly and outwardly.

Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United.
Today’s blog is a great reminder that in life, and especially in and with relationships, there
needs to be a framework of sorts that holds the relationship(s) together.

The puzzle was titled “Music” and had at least 200 famous musicians captured within the 1000
pieces. He had already had the frame completed when she came over for their doggie-play
date, and he had started filling it in here and there.

Immediately she realized while the “filling in” was probably the hardest, it was made easier
because the frame was already intact. Her theory proved true as they added to its picture,
piece by piece, high fiving each other for their finds.

It wasn’t until the next morning when she was sitting in her quiet time thinking of their time
spent that the analogy hit her like a bucket of refreshing water. Any worthwhile relationship
required a framework, a foundation if you will, to build upon. To try and put the pieces of a
relationship together before that is established is setting the relationship up for unnecessary
challenges. That’s not to say that because of the framework being built first that there won’t be
challenges, but with a strong frame built, it can stand the test of time as the pieces join the
puzzle and the frame holds it together.

Thoughtfully,
Kim-Evinda