Dec. 10th, 2011 Calvin's Namesake
While pregnant, and after finding out we were adding another Mr. to our family, we were stretched to find a name for our second little guy. William is named after my Grandpa William who, unfortunately, lost his battle with cancer just a few years before he got to meet his first great-grandson. After that, we couldn't just pull our 2nd boy's name out of a book!
Curtis and I are striving as parents to raise our children to know the Lord; to have a faith that reflects a personal relationship with Christ. My Grandpa was a spiritual patriarch in my family. I asked Curtis to think of some men in his life that strongly influenced him and his faith. He mentioned Cal Thayer. We threw around the name, midst others, and then eventually came back to it. Cal was a part of Curtis' church growing up and died just shortly after we got married. Our decision was made-Calvin would be his name.
Although I never met Cal, I was fortunate enough to have attended the memorial service that was held to celebrate his life. After Calvin was born, we wanted to honor Calvin Thayer by meeting up with his wife Betty who is doing well and living in Eugene. Here's a picture of this sweet woman and our Calvin...as she got tears in her eyes while holding him.
P.S. Calvin's middle name (Markis) derived from my dad's middle name (Gregory Mark) and the ending of Curtis' name. Little did Auntie Lori know that her creativity (she came up with the name and suggested it before we had decided on a middle name for Calvin) would result in the completion of his name!
P.S.S. We later found out that Curtis had a great grandpa named Calvin Gant...double bonus for the name pick (o;
P.S.S.S. (if there is such a thing!) We also found out after our visit with Betty, that she has twin great grandchildren...3 year olds, named William & Calvin.
Curtis and I are striving as parents to raise our children to know the Lord; to have a faith that reflects a personal relationship with Christ. My Grandpa was a spiritual patriarch in my family. I asked Curtis to think of some men in his life that strongly influenced him and his faith. He mentioned Cal Thayer. We threw around the name, midst others, and then eventually came back to it. Cal was a part of Curtis' church growing up and died just shortly after we got married. Our decision was made-Calvin would be his name.
Although I never met Cal, I was fortunate enough to have attended the memorial service that was held to celebrate his life. After Calvin was born, we wanted to honor Calvin Thayer by meeting up with his wife Betty who is doing well and living in Eugene. Here's a picture of this sweet woman and our Calvin...as she got tears in her eyes while holding him.
P.S. Calvin's middle name (Markis) derived from my dad's middle name (Gregory Mark) and the ending of Curtis' name. Little did Auntie Lori know that her creativity (she came up with the name and suggested it before we had decided on a middle name for Calvin) would result in the completion of his name!
P.S.S. We later found out that Curtis had a great grandpa named Calvin Gant...double bonus for the name pick (o;
P.S.S.S. (if there is such a thing!) We also found out after our visit with Betty, that she has twin great grandchildren...3 year olds, named William & Calvin.
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