The word muster has appeared in 251 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 12 in “Passing the Last Puzzle Piece to the Next Generation” by Rebecca Swanson:

We felt my father’s absence in every movement when we played games, walked around the block, sat at his place on the sofa or told stories about him. I wanted to keep his memories alive, in this house, for all of us.

But when I quietly pulled the box from the corner of the garage, I didn’t tell my children that Grandpa never got to see the final puzzle. This felt too sad for my little ones.

“Hey, do you want to do a puzzle with me?” I asked my youngest, with the lightest voice I could muster.

“OK,” he said simply. His brother wandered over to help.

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