The Oi
Ahhhh chachachacha
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I've got a fitting story from this weekend. I went to my brother-in-law's wedding in DC this past weekend. My 5 year old son, who is gutting through the complications of his autism diagnosis, was the ring bearer and wore a three piece suit with a coral bow tie. There were about ten kids from my wife's side of the family. The bride's side had only two girls. Their parents are very strict Christians who live in the Bay Area, my wife and I get along fairly well with them. However, they are hyper-Christian. Home school Christian.
So at the reception, there's a bouncy house and trampoline for the kids. My son joined in with the older cousins on the trampoline, still wearing his three piece suit, singing: "I am Je-sus. I am Je-sus." as he bounced.
I don't know why he decided to chant that he was the Son of God. He is quirky and struggles with day to day interactions, but he also knows how to win over other kids with inappropriate jokes. He might also have felt immense power as he bounced, flying through the air. He might also be the second coming and we didn't realize it yet. The oldest cousin - an 11 year old Jewish girl from New York, said, "This kid is hilarious!" and started jumping up and down with her sister, chanting "I am Je-sus. I am Je-sus." Then the cousins from Tennessee joined in, suddenly we had about eight kids bouncing on a trampoline claiming to be The Messiah. I was three beers in, so I just stood by and laughed.
Then I saw the bride's family... clutching their two girls... horrified.
Please pray for their sense of humor.
He does it again and they give you shit you say, "my son just doesn't have a filter and that's his cross to bear."