This will be short as I am not so good at this but...

I am such a proud fan today... Proud of all that Clay has accomplished in such a short time.... He has brought such joy to my life and I can't begin to imagine what my life would be without him

ADTW's is so Clay and for anyone to think otherwise well they sure haven't been paying any attention to a word he has said!

You can hear the pride in his voice when he speaks about this album....how he has his thumb print all over this one...

Listening to the songs are like a little slice of heaven for me...everyone is just stunning!

Clay, thank you for this gift to us.....we were so not prepared for the sheer beauty of this album!

Everytime I listen, it takes my breath away!

I found this on another board and find it so relevant...

Clay has been put through the wringer this past year. Fans like to think of him as titanium, but the events of the past year have been extremely upsetting and difficult to say the least. I think it would be better for fans to realize how hard all of this has been rather than hold on to a belief that none of it has touched him. He has struggled with the panic attacks, struggled with finding the right medication, and the right balance between his personal and public life. He needs space, and he needs people who can help him put the past year behind him. This doesn't make him any sort of a victim, it makes him human. Surely the best medicine would have been validation from his fans that he can sing most anything and still put a smile on their face like he has always done in the past. Instead we have hand wringing drama over every single aspect of this CD. Clay and his advisors are more than capable of taking care of Clay's business. And this IS business.

Clay has said a couple of times that his fans allow him to be himself. Actually he can't make that statement about the entire fandom because fractions of his fans believe him to be a very different person. I think he is thinking of some of the fans that he is most aware of, and hoping the rest will come around to understanding who he truly is and what is important to him. The extremes in this fandom have made him into someone he is not (2 very different people actually! Sex God and saint). I wish the fandom would talk less, and listen more....to Clay, not certain high profile fans who do not know Clay at all. (I'd like to say that again, They do not know Clay at all.)

Again, this is something I found but well worth reading ...and I totally agree!

We have so much to be thankful for in Clay and I am just going to continue to enjoy the heck out of every second he give us!

May God continue to hold him inhis arms as we continue to hold him in our hearts!

Huge warm hugs everyone!