HOW TO GET YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL'S NAME

This is a column by Ed Conrad that appeared in the Hazleton (Pa.)
Standard-Speaker on March 31, 2002 -- Easter Sunday morning.

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By ED CONRAD

It's Easter morning -- Happy Easter, everyone -- and what a great
morning to touch on a subject that's very, very close to your heart..

Your guardian angel!

You've heard mention of guardian angels for years and years --
associated with different religions (naturally), in movies, in books,
on TV- - but few folks, I'm sure, have really given serious thought
that they HAVE a guardian angel.

Most undoubtedly figure it's nothing more than the figment of
someone's imagination -- and perhaps a bit of wishful thinking.

But, based on a novel experiment conducted right here at the Standard-
Speaker, it appears that the reality of guardian angels is more than
we could ever imagine.

For example, it appears that our guardian angels can communicate with
us -- letting us know his or her name.

Still a skeptic, huh? Then read on . .

It all began about 10 years ago when my late mother visited the Shrine
of Our Lady of Czestochowa near Doylestown (Pa.).

Upon returning home, Mom excitedly revealed that she had met an
Italian woman -- a senior citizen like herself -- and they clicked
instantly.

During one of their numerous conversations, the woman asked my mother:
"Anna, what's your guardian angel's name?"

My mother was flabbergasted, shocked at the question, for which she
obviously had no answer.

The woman then explained that everyone can learn the name of his or
her guardian angel simply by asking, then told my mother: "Before you
fall asleep tonight, just say, 'Guardian angel, I know you're with me
all the time but I don't know your name. Please let me know your
name.' "

Simple! And perhaps a bit far-fetched. Still, my mother tried it.

The next day, Mom enthusiastically told me she had learned that her
guardian angel's name was Noel. She said the name was solidly embedded
in her head when she woke up.

Rather skeptical that it would work for me, I attempted the experiment
myself that very night. Lo and behold, I awoke the next morning with
the name "Girard" ringing in my ears. I have never known any
Girard's.

Well, that might've well been the end of the story -- but it wasn't!

About two weeks ago -- after 10 long years -- I casually mentioned the
incident in the Standard-Speaker newsroom when the subject of gardian
angels came up and, I admit, my story undoubtedly sounded quite hokey
to most who were listening.

But the next morning, Annette Rusnock, the newspaper's editorial
librarian, was wearing a broad smile when she strolled into the news
room and proudly announced that she had tried the "experiment" to get
her guardian angel's name and awoke "with Isabella, Isabella,
Isabella."

"Hmmm!" said Rosella Walker, who works near her. "I'm going to try it
tonight."

Rosella did and came in the next morning happily revealing that it had
worked for her as well, getting the name Gertrude.

"And, the thing is, I don't know any Gertrude's," Rosella said. "The
only Gertrude I know is Gertrude's Chocolates."

Well, strange things kept happening in the newspaper building.

Joanna Marsicano of the classified advertising department tried it and
happily revealed that her guardian angel's name: also was Isabella.

She said when she saw her name in lage, bright lights when she woke
up, the last letter "a" in Isabella kept flashing and flashing,
emphasizing that the "a" is to be pronounced.

"Just like I'm not Joann but JoannA, my guardian angel undoubtedly
wanted me to be sure I knew her name was IsabellA and not Isabell,"
she remarked.

"To learn I have a guardian angel and, especially, to know her name
has made me very happy," said Joanna. "It really made my day."

Mark Katchur, a staff writer, said he wanted to know if he could also
get his guardian angel's name and said he woke up knowing positively
it is Daniel.

Joanne Suglia, also from classified department, also tried it and
beamed while telling everyonge that she
earned her guardian angel's name is Estelle.

As the story circulated throughout the building, Lois Ann Hall and
Nadine Kubilus of the business office, Kathy Breznak and Al Danko of
the advertising department, and Vicki Gennaro of the newsroom all
tried it as well -- and enthusiastically said it worked!

Lois Ann excitedly said she had requested the name of her guardian
angel when she went to bed.

"But I awoke about 6:30 the next morning and was sort of disappointed
that nothing happened," she said. "But I laid down again and fell
asleep and, when I got up, the name Marjorie was *everywhere.*"

Kathy said she was afraid to try the experiment but, while about to
fall asleep one night last week, finally did so. She awoke with the
name Michael indelibly impressed upon her.

Danko couldn't believe it when he tried the experiment and learned his
guardian angel's name is Justin.

Vicki said her question also had been answered when she awoke with a
name ringing in her ears. At first, she admitted she was reluctant to
reveal it but then - eventually -- she told the newsroom staff the
name she came up with was Azriel.

The latest to attempt the experiment and discover it really works was
George Fetchko of the composing room.

He tried it and learned his guardian angel's name is Adam.

The experiment has worked in the majority of cases but, to be
perfectly honest, didn't work for two or three people and the answer
escapes us. Perhaps these Standard-Speaker staffers hadn't made their
request with sincerity.

If there's a fly in the ointment -- to readers still skeptical -- it
would be the name of the guardian angel of Nadine Kubilus, the third
to say she came up with Isabella.

It means a guardian angel named Isabella popped up three times to
women working at the Standard-Speaker and it's anybody's guess if
there are three guardian angels named Isabella or one Isabella is
working three shifts, for three gals here at the S-S.

Someone suggested that Nadine -- the third Isabella -- probably heard
that Annette Rusnock and Joanna Marsicano both had come up with
Isabella, independent of each other.

But Nadine insisted that she hadn't been aware of the names that
Annette and Joanna had come up with.

"In fact, I learned my guardian angel's name before Joanna because it
happened to me last Thursday morning (a day before Joanna learned her
guardian angel's name)," said Nadine. "I just didn't say anything when
I came to work Friday morning."

One last word: These are sound, sensible people who have held
responsible positions, most for many, many years. There is no reason
they'd be lying or be part of any type of con job.

You, too, are invited to learn your guardian angel's name, and your
belief -- or disbelief -- in an existence beyond our physical realm
appears to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

"Ask and you shall receive," a Very Wise Man once said.

In the case of learning the name of your guardian angel, apparently
all you have to do is ask.


(PS: You DO NOT get your guardian angel's name while asleep. It hits
you like a thunderbolt as soon as you wake up.)

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Now, a most unusual follow-up.

George Fetchko, who got his guadian angel's name, attended a wake a
few nights after the above column appeared.

"It seemed everyone at the wake was huddling around me, asking me ow
I did it)," he remarked at work the next morning.

It -- and countless letters and e-mails from readers who performed the
experiment and succeeded -- prompted me to write a follow-up column
which began....

"George Fetchko attended a wake the other night and was astounded that
he was more popular than the corpse."

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This is a column by Ed Conrad that appeared in the Hazleton (Pa.)
Standard-Speaker on March 31, 2002 -- Easter Sunday morning.

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By ED CONRAD


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