Memories

I am totally new to this blogging thing. However I must admit this brings back memories of an online experience from the past. Back in May 1999, after completing graduate school, I decided to try an online dating site. Of note--this is not something I would normally do. I was encouraged to do so by a fellow graduate student who was afraid I was not going to know what to do with all of my time since I wouldn't have to study any more. As part of the set-up, I was asked to choose a "code" name for the site. I struggled with what to choose as a name when suddenly I remembered something one of the patients I cared for that day in the hospital said to me. He called me his "Careangel" because of the care I provided for him that day. Because I couldn't think of anything else, I decided to go with that. Little did I know what that name would mean for my future.

Someone else decided to try the online dating site around the same time. This wasn't something he had ever done before either but something told him to give it a try. While searching the site, he came upon the ad written by "Careangel". He didn't know what that name signified but he was curious. That "someone" was my husband Gerrell---who passed away in November of last year. Because using an online service like that was out of character for both of us, we were convinced from the beginning that God brought us together. Why else would we both decide to try this at the same time? God knew Gerrell was going to need a "Careangel". God works in mysterious ways, doesn't he?