Figuring out how to mail some jam to some friends

(Chapter 18 Problem Solving and Making Decisions in my book)

Sometimes it is so strange how my brain functions. Over the summer, I have been making different kinds of homemade jam. I love making and sharing the jam with my family and friends! I had thought about sending some jam to a friend who lives out of state but knowing I would be shipping glass jars and they could break; I just couldn't figure out how to mail them safely. Last weekend, I took a small fan out of a box, so that I could use it. Suddenly something clicked in my brain and I thought that two or three jars of jam could fit in that box. It was a "light bulb" moment.

Later that day, I found some bubble wrap, wrapped each jar separately. First, I stood two jars up vertically in the box. Then I was able to wrap another jar in bubble wrap and place it on top of the other two jars laying down. I taped the box up, wrapped it in brown paper and addressed it. On Monday morning, I mailed it to my friends. On Wednesday evening, I received a phone call from my friend and she thanked me for the jam and said that it had arrived safely.

I really think that if I didn't have a memory impairment, I could have figured this out sooner. Why couldn't I figure how to mail the jam in a box and wrapping them with bubble wrap? I'm just glad that I was finally able to figure it out.

I know that it is not my fault that I couldn't figure this out more quickly, but it still doesn't make me feel very smart, that I couldn't figure this out. It can become so frustrating!