#612

dropped @ Goldstein's Mortuary & Delicatessen - Fresno, CA on 7/30/15

"Remember that you will create peace 

only when you are peaceful."

~ Deepak Chapra

#611

dropped @ Goldstein's Mortuary & Delicatessen - Fresno, CA on 7/30/15

"If we are strong, our character will

speak for itself.  If we are weak,

words will be no help."

~ John F. Kennedy

#610

dropped @ Cuppa Joy - Clovis, CA on 7/18/15

"The only courage that matters is the kind 

that gets you from one moment to the next."

~ Mignon McLaughlin

#609

dropped @ Seven - Clovis, CA on 7/17/15

"Always forgive your enemies.  

Nothing annoys them so much."

~ Oscar Wilde

#608

dropped @ Red Wave Inn - Fresno, CA on 6/7/15

"There is no joy but calm!"

~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

#607

dropped @ Fresno Airport - Fresno, CA on 6/29/15

God did not create hurry.

~ Finnish proverb

#606

dropped @ Fresno Airport - Fresno, CA on 6/29/15

"We have no guarantee about the future, 

but we exist in the hope of something better."

~ Dalai Lama

#605

dropped @ Red Robin - Clovis, CA on 6/22/15

"Do not mistake composure for ease."

~ Lieutenant Turok (Star Trek)

#604

I was walking around last night at our local Farmer's Market carrying a paper crane . . . looking for a place to set it.  I looked up and there was one of my wonderful young ladies from school - who folds paper cranes and comes to visit me nearly every day.  So instead of just dropping crane #604 . . . I gave it to this sweet young lady.  It made me whole night special.

"Boldness be my friend."

~ William Shakespeare

Dedicated to Diane Kelley . . .

First of all I apologize for the delay in this dedication.  I hate to just drop cranes that I dedicate to people just anywhere . . . and it has taken me awhile to get somewhere appropriate.  Life just seemed to get in the way of my plans.  

One of these cranes is dedicated to Diane Kelley who died of breast cancer at the age of 37.

The other crane is dedicated to her daughter Helen . . . who found one of my cranes and recently had surgery herself . . . 

dropped at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church - Clovis, CA on 5/29/15

Find strength in GOD 

and know that he's in full control.

You were given this life 

because you were strong enough to live it.

#603

dropped @ Michelangelo's - Clovis, CA on 5/29/15

"In a full heart there is room for everything,

and in an empty heart

there is room for nothing."

~ Antonio Porchia

#602

 

dropped @ Michael's - Clovis, CA on 5/29/15

"If the creator had a purpose in equipping 
us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out."
~ Arthur Koestler

Thank you cards . . .

Thank you cards from Room 12.

#601

dropped @ SaveMart - Shaw/Armstrong - Clovis, CA on 5/19/15

"Endurance is nobler than strength and 

patience than beauty."  

~ John Ruskin

Room 12 still folding cranes . . .

Crane folding has caught on with the kids in Room 12.  I spent my lunch break  helping some of them fold paper cranes.  One little girl was so excited to show me the small crane she had folded . . .then told me that they are numbering them and putting words on them.  

That made my day!

#600

dropped in Tower District - Fresno, CA on 5/1/15

"Sometimes the questions are complicated

and the answers are simple."
~ Dr. Seuss

#599

dropped @ Michelangelo's - Clovis, CA on 4/30/15

"It isn't enough to love, we must prove it."

~ St. Therese of Lisieux

paper cranes with room 12 . . . 2015

Every year I visit room 12 at the school where I work and teach a class of 4th graders how to fold origami cranes.  I look forward to this every year . . . I love 4th graders!  This year's class did such a great job. I only wish I could post pictures of their faces . . . their smiles are the best!  As I promised them . . . pictures of all of their paper cranes!

"I will write peace on your wings

and you will fly all over the world."

~ Sadaku Sasaki