the cranes--origami

when there is unrest and sadness I think of the cranes and the peace they represent.

 

so this photo is for mari and her husband who have suffered a great loss.

 

I made this one for leon and me; the necklace he gave me years and years ago is the beaded part. I folded the cranes a bit ago. It'll hang it in an entryway window.

 

from a note to a friend, the cranes are also in tribute to my daugher and SIL.

 

tami spent the weekend, fri, sat, sun, at U of Davis Med in sacramento; john drove her down [4 1/2 hour trip each way] friday morning, dropped her off, and then drove straight back so he could work a 12 ER shift that night.

there was a shooting on wednes, a custody battle thing; the ex shot the lady 5 times and then killed himself. john worked on him 45 min in ER doing CPR, while the others worked on her. she made it but has two bullets they can't remove, one in her spine. the guy didn't have much chance but no one wanted to code him.

they finally had to.

john broke his wrist about 4 months ago and 45 min of CPR was agony, but he did it.

both victim and shooter worked at the hospital where john and tami work.

so the nurses are taking turns driving down and staying with her. someone's bringing tami and the other nurse who flew up from SoCal [vacation], home today. and someone else will go down.

 

this is such a caring community. so small.

and I am reminded of what nice people tami and john are.

 

and these horrible things remind me of the good in people.

 

digital.

 

Done