~PatchedJacket

I haven't updated in a while, but getting to the point!

Daruma.

My friend, Dan, had the lovely chance of being able to spend some time in Japan and he's been back a few days now, but just tonight he gave me the gift he got for me. It was a Daruma doll.

I had never heard of such a thing before, but it's story is amazing. One that truly made me want to cry and be a better person.

It's a tale of Japanese legend and all that jazz. What comes down to is this: The doll has two white spots for eyes (all hand painted). You think/make of a wish and color in/draw a pupil and when your wish comes true you color in/draw in the other eye-- making the doll "see" it's goal come alive. You then are suppose to dedicate the doll back to the temple (in which you get it from).

But being from America and all, I think I'll dedicate back to the person who got me such a gift. What I am struggling with though is, what kind of wish? What I read about Daruma Dolls is that people use them to pass exams and to hope to bare a child. Yet, I want this to mean something.

I don't much post my personal life on DA. Only bit's n' pieces, but about 3 months my life pretty much one of the darkest it's ever been since I was about 6 and well it was hard going through the motions. So this doll is a great chance for me to promise myself something. For this doll to be placed on my dresser where it will watch me sleep and will watch me do my hair in the morning (because the mirror is connected to the dresser) and it will always watch me as I enter and leave my room. So this doll just means so much more.

I hope anyone reading this will have the time to either read about these amazing dolls and hopefully you'll have the chance in getting one yourself.

<3

~PatchedJacket