Butterflies of Healing
10 Apr 2015
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Butterflies of Healing Are Soaring
Fly away, all my cares, fly away.
Fly away, all my sorrows of the past, fly away.
Fly away, and leave me to live for today.
This reunion, we added “healing” to the program because of the recent revelations and calls-for-action regarding pedophilia by Jack Moyer, a teacher and consultant affiliated with ASIJ from 1963-2000.
Reunion attendees were invited to take home origami butterflies, folded with love to honor and remember all who were victimized at ASIJ. Each butterfly had a positive word attached to it. The butterflies are now finding new homes throughout the world as a reminder that we are thinking of and praying for all who are in pain and suffering. (Thank you, Lisa, for all your origami hard work!)
[Link to the “Thirteen of Many Survivors'” “Letter to the ASIJ Community”, June 15, 2015]
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- Butterflies experience a bit of Paradise, before being sent around the globe to fly free.
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- “Freedom” flies at Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. (Robin Easton Murbach)
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- “Faith” & “Fortitude” reside in Norwalk, CT. (Julia Ludlow-Ortner)
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- “Delight” delights in the fragrance of cinnamon in Albany, OR. (Paulette De Young Golden)
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- “Repose” soars above Atlanta, GA. (Richard Walker)
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- “Hope” endures at Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. (Robin Easton Murbach)
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- “Joy” flutters ahove a prayer table in San Francisco, CA (Fumi Johns Stewart)
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- “Tranquility” is perched in Albany, OR. (Paulette De Young Golden)
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- “Truth” reveals in Chevy Chase, MD. (Reiko Niimi)
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- “Gratitude” appreciates the garden in Portland, OR. (Dave Worth)
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- “Courage” abounds in Victoria, British Columbia. (Mary Yoko Brannen)
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- “Grace” is charitable in Simi Valley, CA. (Grace Fukuda Berman)
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- “Wonder” flies among the bamboo in Sugarland, TX. (Lisa De Young Jastram)
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- Fulfillment has found a home in Watchung, NJ, amongst the cherry blossoms. (Jaime Kehoe Alexander)
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- “Friendship” is on the road in Wake Forest, NC. (Jonathan Kidder ’76)
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- Colorful messengers of healing prepare to depart for destinations unknown, to bring love and joy to the wounded.
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- “Dignity” is poised in the garden at Cody, WY. (Kate Linde Murphy)
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- “Kindness” graces a vase of dried flowers in a special corner of the art room in Sapporo, Japan. (Debbie Patschke Davidson)
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- “Tranquility” found a quiet corner in Stamford, CT. (Karen Heck)
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- “Gratitude” landed on some frangipani in Texas. (Gaylynn Nakamatsu)
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- “Courage” has safely landed on an amethyst healing crystal in Virgina. (Gaylynn Nakamatsu)
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- “Healing” enjoys the sun’s healing rays in Shoreview, MN.
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- “Love” is perched on her forever home. (Gaylynn Nakamatsu)
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- “Fortitude” is persevering in Seoul, South Korea. (Marjie Carroll)
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- “Kindness” lands in Houston, TX. (Monique Weston)
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- “Hope”, flying high in McMinnville, OR. (Sharon Smith)
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- “Wonder” is enthralled with Colorado.
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- “Joy” and “Love” spring forth from St. Paul, MN. (Helen Delaney & Steve Sundberg)
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- “Strength” radiates from Kentucky.
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- “Wanderer” flies throughout the world, healing.
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- “Healing” mends the skyline of New York City (with the new World Trade Center in the distance).
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- “Peace” prevails in Armonk, NY. (Ann Rabinowitz Dantzig)
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- “Courage” is dauntless in Mill Valley, CA. (Tracy Haughton)
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- “Harmony” builds rapport from Rheinbach, Germany. (Debra Grayson)
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- “Freedom” flies in Houston, TX. (Sakura Mizuno, Houston, TX)
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- “Serenity” brings peace-of-mind in Spring, TX. (Lynn Madison Wroski)
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- A butterfly soars / Dancing above cool green jade / Trust in harmony. (Ellen Matthews Alger)
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- “‘Delight’, who danced with the butterflies in Hawaii.”
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