Comments on: One Clean Shirt

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:42:10 +0000

You don’t know how encouraging it is to know there are days when there is only one ironed white shirt in Mr. Wilson’s closet. Thank you for sharing that. Love and miss y’all.

By: Heather D

Heather D — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:08:15 +0000

Thank you for the explanation on the names! What a fun system–and I’m sure your girls love the meanings behind their names (or will love them, if they have the I-hate-my-name phase). I’ve often felt kind of bummed that “Heather” doesn’t have a meaning. And I haven’t been impressed by any pictures of the plant. It’s also interesting that you have fearlessly pilfered Classical and pagan names as well.

By: bean

bean — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:38:17 +0000

Haha, I know my week has been difficult when I see my husband fishing through DIRTY WHITE SOCKS before his daily 4-8 miles. Oh, it’s not a good feeling.

I love the naming system! Thanks for the peek in…all the Wilson grandkids seem to have great names. I always feel a little bad for our younger daughter who got a name that sounded nice with her older sister’s more significant name. Oh well, God gave the little one plenty of spunk to make up for it.

By: Valerie (Kyriosity)

Valerie (Kyriosity) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:21:22 +0000

Very cool naming system.

By: rebekah

rebekah — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:58:05 +0000

Heather – here’s the inside scoop on the name Hero! We had to have a “system” for choosing our names . . . because we were stumped on coming up with anything. So our boys are named after a preacher and a warrior (good postmillennial statement there!) and the girls are named for a famous beautiful woman and a poet. So here’s the list:
Knox Alexander: for John Knox (preacher) and Alexander the Great (warrior)
Jemima Donne: for Job’s daughter (beautiful woman) and John Donne (poet)
Belphoebe Anne: Belphoebe for the character in Sidney’s Faerie Queen (beautiful woman) and Anne Bradstreet (poet)
Hero Sidney: from the myth Hero and Leander (beautiful woman) and Sir Phillip Sidney (poet)
Judah Wilson: for Judah Maccabee (warrior) and Wilson for his grandfather (preacher)

There you have it! We didn’t actually choose Hero for the Shakespeare character because I’ve always thought she was a bit of a dud actually.

By: Madeline Story

Madeline Story — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:48:40 +0000

I love that smile, how sweet. Hope you have time to rest, (and iron shirts), this weekend. : )

By: Heather D

Heather D — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:32:30 +0000

I’ve been dying to know for a while: Where did the Merkles find the name Hero? I know it’s a name used in “Much Ado About Nothing” and it’s the name of the Greek hero Leander’s sweetheart, but why did they choose to use it?

My daddy loves homemade pizza; it’s one of his favorite meals. Good choice.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:25:39 +0000

Aw, we both have 7 year old granddaughters born on the 25th. And they both have that toothless grin. Precious.

By: pentamom

pentamom — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:35:08 +0000

JC Penney Stafford Wrinkle-Free shirts. You can usually find them on sale. If your husband is an engineer, that plus taking them out of the dryer/off the line quickly will be sufficient. If he’s a banker, I suppose it’s not sufficient.

By: brite

brite — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:36:29 +0000

Adorable jacket- I may need to pop on over to Old Navy! And I don’t know whether or not to be encouraged or discouraged by the shirt situation: I keep believing I will have that under control once I’ve been washing and ironing for 20-30 years! I had to laugh, because so many days we find ourselves in the same boat. Hope your weekend is restful!