My middle name was given to me at birth after my Father's Father's name of John ÒJack,Ó a man that I resembled so much that one day my father said: ÒTim, you remind me so much of my father that I think you should be chained to a wall until the age of thirty-five.Ó
The name Erle is of my Mother's Father's name. Erle W. Adams, a man of great integrity and compassion. After the birth of my older brother, Jeffrey John, there was a thought of of a certain lack of creativity in naming a second son after ÒJackÓ Benjamin. In many ways, I should have had the middle name of Erle (that is Erle spelled with ERLE not EARL, the post ost office and may others have been well trained in not spelling my grandfather's name incorrectly). I do resemble a great many aspects as well as like to be a great many aspects like Erle W. Adams. On the other hand, I am crazy like ÒJackÓ Benjamin and like to paint anything any where like Jack; however I know and love my Grandfather Erle, who has always been there for me so I have decided to change my middle name to Erle. |
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