Gribbit

I’m in the west country at the moment, visiting my Granny who’s very ill in hospital.

I was in a toy shop last week, looking for a toy for a birthday party gift when I spotted a little pack of origami paper. I used to do origami when I was younger but had completely forgotten about it until I got the paper home and started folding. I won’t say it all came flooding back, but it had a reassuring familiarity to it.

I expect you’re wondering how the above two things can possibly be related?

I got the train down today, without the children, and found I had too much time to think.  Even watching a film on my iPhone didn’t really take my mind off things.  

I found the reassuring familiarity of folding and the fact that I had to concentrate really hard to get good folds on a jiggly train quite useful for staving off thoughts of what I’d find when I got to the hospital here.

I made this.

He’s a long way from perfect but I rather like him.

Granny is a little better than I thought she’d be and I’m glad I came. 

I’m horrified by the things that have happened to her since she’s been in hospital but that is a whole other blog post and I’m not sure that I’m ready to write it yet.

Anyway, I’m off to see if I can find instructions for an origami elephant now.  Granny likes elephants.

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