Update on, 1,000 Wishes for Jen

I'm really happy to post this update on the Jen's Cranes effort. As I wrote before, I bumped into a woman on Etsy forums who was asking for help folding 1,000 cranes for her friend who has brain cancer. I myself was a recipient of this amazing gift from friends and strangers when I was going through treatment for AML.

The cranes have been arriving in a steady stream and they are half way to their goal! Five hundred paper cranes are now waiting for Jen, all signifying a wish each for her to get well.

All of this love and goodwill have been coming in but last week there was an unexpected surprise. Gary from AllegroArts on Etsy made her a folded silver crane. Yes, SILVER!

You can read the blog post about it on Jen's official crane counting blog.



And I can't even fold a paper one! I am absolutely blown away by his skills, kindness and caring for a person going through such a hard time. I'm sure this will touch her heart deeply. Thank you Gary.

Go check out his shop, and if you would like to jump in and fold some cranes for, Jen, yourself or just leave some good wishes, please check out her site and blog.

1,000 Cranes

The most beautiful gift I received while going through my chemotherapy was without a doubt the 1,000 cranes that were carefully folded for me. A friend had spearheaded the project while I was away in hospital and my friends and others who wanted to help got together and began the journey. One thousand cranes is no small task and one that shows great dedication to you. Many hands went into completing them including girls whom I never met and will probably never get to meet. They were my friend's students at her girls school and they folded during art class, folded during P.E. They pretty much folded throughout every class for days or weeks until it was done.

I was blown away when the gift was presented to me and the story told. I'd absolutely recommend this to anyone that wants to show someone how much they love them and wish for their healing.

A couple of days ago I saw a call for cranes in the forums I was on. I was really touched with what this person is trying to do for her friend. I thought I would post it here to help her out.

Jen has brain cancer and I'm sure could use all the help she can get.



I'm hoping there are some handy people reading my blog who could help out. This is something you can do to make a difference without a lot of money.





Please see the beautiful website made for Jen and help out! Let me know here if you're going to pitch in or just send some good wishes her way.

Strangers helping strangers is a fantastical thing. There are links to instructions to get you started and above is the address to send them to. All the photos on this post are snipped from Jen's site! Check it out! You can also check out the blog to see the progress!

Fuck brain cancer!