This morning, for some reason I wanted to remember the name of a doctor who was also a friend when I worked at St. Mary’s Medical Center. He was a sweetheart of a guy and my physician.

Try as I might, I couldn’t remember his name!

Little by little memories came back to me.

It seemed like his last name started with C and it was fairly short.

I was sure his first was a common one.

I could remember he had a large sail boat which he ran in races and one year took a months long trip in it. During that journey he sent me emails (and also to many others).

Emailing me was understandable because I’d taught him how to connect on the internet. (Remember this was back in the 1980’s so emailing was new.) He’d come to my office before work and I’d show him how this new opportunity worked.

I recalled going to a retreat sponsored by St. Mary’s where we imbibed in adult beverages. But he was always a total gentleman and just a friend. I remembered he had a brother who was also a doctor and he lived on Saginaw Bay. He married a nurse about about the same time I married John.

It finally came to me. His name: Dr. Donald Cady. According to his obituary, which was easy to find, he had died in 2020. (Just a few years ago.)

I was right about a lot of my memories of him. He was 96 when he died!! He married his wife, Jan, September 28, 1985. (John and I married September 10, 1985.)

Here’s a link to his obituary https://deislerfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/7327/Donald-Cady/obituary.html