Jesus is a My-ō-gata

A few days ago, Will was playing with his toys and I heard him say, "Jeeesuuus!"

Yes, it was exactly "that" tone of voice.

Now, we're not religious in our home. We don't go to church. We don't read the bible or watch preachers on TV. I honestly have never heard the word Jesus even mentioned in our home.

On top of that, Will is never anywhere that I am not. Well, except for the hour a day he spends at the YMCAs day care. Where, apparently, someone says "Jeeesuuuus!" enough to impress it upon my 4-year old.

"Do you even know who Jesus is?" I ask him.

"Yeah," he responds, "Jesus is a My-ō-gata."

I just smiled.

Will has this vocabulary of words he reuses constantly. Mostly when playing with power ranger action figures, transformers, or when he just forgets what he's going to say. But unlike normal children who's make believe friend is named Kathy, Todd, Mark, or Dog . . . my son tends to be a little paranormal in his name choices.

Some of his favorite play names include:

• My-ō-gata


• Te-Te-Hi-Du


• Mu-Ne-Ta-Ne


• Gue-La-Te-Te

And several more. Of coarse, they are most likely misspelled. Because my son prefers making up his own words to learning the ABCs. In fact, if you ask Will to sing the ABCs, the first thing he'll ask is, "My ABCs?"

What the unsuspecting adult will not understand and he actually has his own ABCs, and they go something like this . . .

A,EWE,3,TA,F,7,9,PU,O,R,B,2,PE . . . and they never end.

I'm a little in awe of his imagination. I wrote a paranormal book and my characters are Luke, Jacob, and Cindy. Next time I think I'll have Will name them.