Yesterday was an incredible day. I was the recipient of two very special deliveries. The first was the arrival of Heidi, my “oldest” friend (in duration, not age!), who arrived from Houston. We are in our 35th year of friendship… a friendship that began in high school and has endured despite not always living in the same province, country or even continent! Heidi is here to Jane-sit for the last week of 24 hour surveillance, and then will be here with me to help me during Treatment Week as well.

The second special delivery was the arrival of 1,000 paper cranes… Jane’s Cranes.

You may be wondering where all of these cranes may have come from… well, the answer is Burgundy’s Client Ops Team: My, Alice, Sharon, Kathy and Derek 🙂 The genesis of this is a Japanese tale that the folding of 1,000 paper cranes provides a wish…

For those of you who don’t know the team, I will tell you a little bit about them. They are formidable and are a force to be reckoned with. I had the privilege of working with this team over the course of a several years at Burgundy, and they are so impressive and so passionate about what they do, which comes across every day. And most especially with this 1,000 paper crane project.

It seems that when the team heard my news, they decided that they wanted to obtain that wish so that they could help me with my fight. So they ordered origami paper and collectively… with help from their families as well… folded 1,000 paper cranes.

The love and support that I have received from the team is so incredible that it is almost overwhelming… having this team in my army, supporting me on the wings of a 1,000 paper cranes… means the world to me. And believe it or not, for the first time in my life, I may have possibly been at a loss for words… 🙂