Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Clearly Willing to Protect (Clair William)



He'd better be willing to protect! Clair's birthday is this week (may 29th) so I thought I would take a few moments to honor him. Just for fun, I looked up the etymology of his name and was not surprised to find out that it has clear implications upon his life. Clair, derived from the latin clarus is where we get our English word "clear." William, comes from the Germanic name Wilhelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection". Hmmm....very interesting. I mean look at this picture...Clair, you are certainly not lacking in responsibility. The truth of the matter is, that as husbands and fathers, we should all have some serious clair william in hearts. I mean to say that we must all be willing to protect and guard our families, and not only that, there should be no blurriness about it, our duty should be clear and specific.

Clair you have 8 amazing blessings. Thanks for loving them and protecting them. Everytime I am around you, I am impressed by your specific acts and words of love for your wife and for each of your children specifically. Keep it up. Bro, thanks for being such a hard worker, your sweat has been a great example to me over the years. I respect it greatly. Happy Birthday! I look forward to seeing you sometime soon.

cwjr

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to the eldest of this great big family! Hope your birthday is filled with blessings and encouragement! Looking forward to seeing you and family soon!

Anonymous said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIR I APPRECIATE YOUR INDOMITABLE SPIRIT AND YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN THE FACE OVERWHELMING ODDS.DONT GIVE UP WE ARE ALL PRAYING THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL DEVELOPE INTO A WONDERFUL BLESSING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DAD

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday, Clair. I still remember the day quite well. There are some things a mother cannot forget.I am so proud of you and I love you vefry much. I hope you have a great day and the Lord will bless you greatly, today!
Mom

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday, Clair. I still remember the day quite well. There are some things a mother cannot forget.I am so proud of you and I love you vefry much. I hope you have a great day and the Lord will bless you greatly, today!
Mom

C. Caleb Roth said...

Clif, Thanks for sharing the thoughts and doing the research on Clair’s name.
We love you Clair! Happy Belated Birthday! – Hope it was a good one.
We really enjoyed our time down south. I’m working on writing up a post regarding our Memorial Day trip/get-togethers along with posting some pictures.
Hope everyone has a great Sunday! Love you and miss you!
Caleb for April and kids.