#298

One more wonderful crossing guard at Jefferson Elementary School . . . one more crane - #298.  Thank you Denise for the job you do!

 

"We are interested in others, when they are interested in us."  ~ Publius Syrus

#296 and #297

I decided to try something new with my 1000 paper crane project.  I am still going to drop my cranes randomly and hope to hear from the people that find them - but I thought it would be fun to actually give my cranes to some people, explain my project, and add some faces to my blog.  There are a lot of wonderful people in this world . . . some of them I already know and I hope to meet some new ones through this project.

 

#296 and #297 were given to the crossing guards at Jefferson Elementary School in Clovis, CA on 4/23/13  - Tracy and Tami . . . two amazing women doing a very important job.

 

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life."

                  ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

 

"Anything you're good at

contributes to happiness." 

      ~ Bertrand Russell

 

 

#295

dropped @ Valley Children's Hospital - Fresno, CA on 4/11/13

"We would rather not experience certain things - so we never feel the loss and pain, but without the loss and pain we never gain the experience." 

~ Jessica Perez

#294

dropped at Valley Children's Hospital - Fresno, CA on 4/11/13

"He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent."  ~ Goethe

Folding Cranes with Mrs. Crow's 4th Graders

Once again this year I was invited to show Mrs. Crow's 4th Grade class how to fold origami cranes.  This post is for Mrs. Crow and her students in Room 12 at Jefferson Elementary School.

Mrs. Crow's class finished reading the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.  It is the story about Sadako Sasaki.  This story was one of the reasons I started folding paper cranes.

As usual Mrs. Crow's class was wonderful! 

They listened . . . they folded . . . they asked questions . . .

A few of the kids who already knew how to fold a paper crane or caught on quickly helped the others.  I had an opportunity to tell them about my 1000 paper crane project and they learned how to fold a paper crane. 

Every student fold a paper crane.

Hopefully some of them will be looking at this post.  They did such and awesome job.

I wish I could post pictures of their faces . . . I so enjoy their smiles.

This year Mrs. Crow has decided to have her students fold a few more cranes and make mobiles out of them.  She wants to take them to a cancer ward to display. 

An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds 1000 paper cranes will be granted a wish by a crane - such as a long life or recovery from an illness or injury.  It will be room 12's wish for recovery for people who are fighting cancer.

PEACE . . . LOVE . . . CRANES!  She just happened to wear the perfect shirt today for my blog.  :)

Thank you Mrs. Crow for sharing you wonderful students with me!  Thank you for everything you do as a teacher for them! 

 

Life has taken me away from my crane project a little bit . . . working with the kids today has motivated me to get moving on my project. 

#293

dropped @ St. Agnes Cancer Center - Fresno, CA on 4/8/13

 

"The secret of contentement is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desires for things beyeond your reach." 

    ~ Yutang Lin

#292

dropped @ Clovis Veteran's Memorial Bldg. - Clovis, CA on 3/21/13

 

"What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.":

                                                               ~ Aristotle

 

#291

dropped @ Clovis Veteran's Memorial Bldg. - Clovis, CA on 3/21/13

 

" Nothing can make our life or the lives of other people more beautiful than perpetual kindness."  ~ Leo Tolstoy

 

 

#290

dropped @ St. Agnes Medical Center - Fresno, CA on 3/19/13

 

"Each time of life has it's own kind of love."  ~ Leo Tolstoy

#289

dropped @ St. Agnes Medical Center - Fresno, CA on 3/19/13

 

"We are all what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."  ~ Kurt Vonnegut

Dedicated to Elaine

This crane is dedicated to Elaine . . . by her daughter Teresa.  Elaine lost her battle with cancer in May of 2011.  Teresa also sent me this quote for the crane dedicated to her mother.

 

"There is a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall or how you got a scar on your face. Sometimes stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins."   ~ Mitch Albom - For One More Day

#288

dropped @ Home Goods Store - Clovis, CA on 3/15/13

"To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness."  ~ Bertrand Russell

#287

dropped @ Starbucks - Temperance/Alluvial - Clovis, CA on 3/15/15

"Choose which seems best, and in the doing, it will become agreeable and easy".  ~ Pythagoras

#286

dropped @ Hancock Fabric Store - Clovis, CA on 3/13/13

"Life moves pretty fast.  If you don't stop and take a look around once in awhile you could miss it."  ~ Ferris Bueller

#285

dropped @ Target - Clovis, CA on 3/1/13

 

"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."  ~ Mark Twain

#284

dropped @ Subs & Grub - Clovis, CA on 3/1/13

 

A single idea can transform a life, a family, a school, a world.

#283

dropped @ More Than Pizza - Clovis, CA on 2/24/13

 

“I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody.”  ~ Benjamin Franklin

#282

dropped @ tennis courts - CHS - Clovis, CA on 2/3/13

"When one loves, one does not calculate. "  Mother Teresa

#281

dropped @ Target - Clovis, CA on 1/31/12

"Tell me what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious live."  ~ Mary Oliver

#280

dropped @ Target - Clovis, CA on 1/31/13

"When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.  ~ Instructions for Life.