• My nephew has shared a few similarities over the years, but Clay's song Ashes is perfect for him and his new family...

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From Heartbreak to True Love

My nephew Adam was small for his age until about 12th grade and received a lot of bullying from fellow students. That's one thing he has in common with Clay. He also is a redhead and is about 6'2, Southern and a very genteel soul(Although they don't look exactly alike up close, Adam and Clay have looked alike sometimes as I've seen in some of Clay's pics pre-American Idol, during, and some post-but not all the time)

When he was about 19 or so, he contacted a former classmate from elementary school who moved from Chattanooga to a little town near Phoenix, Arizona(appropriate for the song, too). They began corresponding over the internet-then began dating on the internet (she was a few years younger-about 16 or 17). After several months of emails, letters, & phone calls, he went out there for a week; but sadly she wasn't ready to become as seriously involved with him(and was planning to study abroad and etcetera) and they broke up.

             So there he was for about a week, broken-hearted-but he had

befriended her best friend Ona- and she must have been of some comfort. They became friends at first - and corresponded by internet and phone and etcetera once he got home. She came here for a while- he went back. Then, she came here for over a year; they got engaged and married and have made a couple trips back and forth. Elise was born here, but they moved to Arizona when she was 3 months old last July and Maria was born June 9th; then the happy family arrived here last Thursday. We're glad to have them back, but I'm sure Ona's family is sad to see them go.

      However, out of a  broken-heart-there was new love for a lifetime

and now a new family.

         Adam has risen from the Ashes.

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Video-Clay Aiken -Ashes

YouTube - Clay Aiken - Ashes

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Cute Teddy Bear/Clay Video by Art Bundrick/Mr. Montage

Teddy - posted by Art Bundrick (MrMontage) - tangle.com

......... P.S. I'll be posting some more summer + family photos soon! *