The hope that all would be well… I decided right then and there to leave my own little message of peace in this pretty corner of Japan. As I wandered the park and looked at all the tiny little birds, the emotions I had when reading the story of Sadako over 30 years ago, all came flooding back to me. Millions of tiny little pieces of colour carrying millions of heartfelt messages of peace throughout the world. Hope in the form of a tiny little paper bird and a wish… That one little bird became thousands. A profound sadness found its way in as I thought of all the families torn apart by such an awful and despicable event. My heart was full as I visited the Peace Park. I had the opportunity to travel to Hiroshima this year. People from all over the world visit there everyday, leaving strings of paper birds in honor of Sadako and her message of peace. Now there is a statue of Sadako holding a giant golden origami crane in the Hiroshima Peace Park. Her friends and family finished the birds for her and they were buried together in 1955. Sadako folded 644 cranes before she became to weak to fold any more. She was inspired to fold 1000 paper cranes because of the Japanese legend that one who created 1000 origami cranes would be granted a wish. She developed leukemia as a result of the radiation. It is the story of a young girl who lived in Hiroshima at the time of the atomic bomb. It was the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. When I was 10 years old, my mama gave me a story book. “I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.” ~Sadako Sasaki
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