Paper Cranes: And the Multitude of Folds

It can be so hard to describe yourself. In a job interview, they may ask you to describe yourself in three words, giving them the pros and cons of you as a person. You have to give an answer and know an answer by heart and be confident in that.

I was recently challenged with this and the only thing I could think of was paper. I am paper. I have been folded and torn and taped together and then folded again. However, my life has turned into something beautiful as time has passed. Beautiful in a way that I would have never expected. That is where the idea of Origami came into the picture. I am a paper crane. My life has been a struggle between loss and pain and yet there has been lingering of hope through it all.

The paper crane is a symbol of hope in the Japanese culture of Origami and if you look at the bottom of each part I have footnotes that explain some of the terms that are in Japanese better.

I hope my story inspires you, reader. I hope you gather some new things about yourself in my story and that you can see the Paper Crane that you are becoming.