I received a paper crane a couple days ago.
Paper cranes are revered in Asian circles for they supposedly bring good fortune to the recipient. I’m all for that!!
I received this momentous gift, assembled out of some scrap paper laying around, in perhaps one of the oddest of places one might receive such a symbol of good fortune too….. right in Roanoke’s plasma donation center! I donate blood plasma pretty regular and all the nurses there know me and like me. Or at least enjoy sticking me and watching me squirm. They are all good girls but they do have a perverse and devilish side to them. It goes with the territory I suppose. When all you’ve got is a needle then every arm is target practice.
One of those needle wielding nurses, a plump and pleasant redhead with an artistic streak occupied herself for a few minutes by folding up a quaint and peppy little paper crane while I was sitting quietly and bleeding away. And then she handed her origami creation to me with a smile. How’s that for a token of appreciation? Any business that goes above and beyond to satisfy their customers with free origami will definitely get my business. I’ll be back if for no other reason than to complete my origami zoo. I hope I can get one of them to make me a frog next. God knows the origami bugs here are getting terrible.
