Folded

Before the recent disaster in Japan, I'd never heard of 1000 cranes. I'd never tried to make an origami anything, let alone a crane. And if I'm honest, I didn't even make this one. Billy made it for me so I could take this picture and add it to this group on flickr. I may be alright with a camera, but get paper involved and I'm all paper cuts.

While my little crane may not technically do anything to help the people in Japan who are suffering, I think having it sitting here, seeing them circulating around the internet, reminds me of how precious life is. Fragile, and it could be gone in a second. It reminds me to pray for Japan, and even for myself. That through the tragedy and blessings we will feel God's hand under us, and know that we were folded, given life by those hands...and that is what gives us hope.

More macro shots at Lisa's Chaos