FAMILY Jigsaw Puzzles 

American families have always shown remarkable resiliency, or flexible adjustment to natural, economic and social challenges. Their strengths resemble the elasticity of a spider

web, a gull’s skillful flow with the wind, the regenerating power of perennial grasses, the cooperation of an ant colony, and the persistence of a stream carving canyon rocks. These are not the strengths of fixed monuments but living organisms. This

resilience is not

measured by wealth, muscle or efficiency but by creativity, unity and hope. Cultivating these family strengths is

critical to a thriving human community.

 

- Ben Silliman

 

Family Life Specialist with the University of Wyoming’s Cooperative Extension Service