When Janet was in 4th grade, she begged her father
for an Instant Message ‘IM’ Name; wanting so much to be able to talk
online with her friends. After much discussion and going over the rules
for who she could talk to, Janet’s father agreed to create an IM name
for her. Janet immediately decided on ‘CheerAngel’. After finally
figuring out how to setup the name, (this was quite a project), he
announced to Janet that it was done. She could officially start IMing
her friends. That’s when we looked at the name and noticed that she was
not Cheer Angel but rather Cheer Angle. She then started walking around
the house with her arms up and bending her body to the side saying she
was ‘Cheer Angle’. This became the running joke in our family.
When we were creating Janet’s new website, we decided
to place the words over her cheer picture ‘Forever our Cheer Angel’.
When the test version was given to us (by the company creating the
site), the wording above the picture read, ‘Forever our Cheer Angle’. We
thought this was another great reminder that Janet wants us to be happy.
We could picture her walking around the house bent like an angle. We
know that Janet had a wonderful sense of humor and would have gotten a
kick out of the mistake – so, we decided to leave it. She will forever
be both our Cheer Angel and our Cheer Angle.
