Ethan Jesus

Last week while sitting around the dinner table, Ethan confirmed for me what his future holds—he will be a stand up comedian. His combination of quick wit, potent language, and unusual perspective on everyday things makes be convinced that his future is in making people laugh.

Over Christmas break we got a sample of this. We are all bundled up in the car driving to see Christmas lights. We stopped at Trader Joe’s and everyone got their favorite snacks. Ethan’s are the baked cheetos. As we all buckled up he opened the bag and said in a 1930s gangster voice—”Come to Poppa you Orange Weiners.” It just hit all of us the right way and we laughed for hours.

This past week, however, he took this up a level. After dinner but before we all got up to do dishes, Ethan said: “If I were Ethan Jesus, the Body of Christ would be chocolate.” Stunned Bianca and I stared at each other trying, deseparately to figure out what to say. Then we all erupted into laughter. Ethan beamed with pride as he knew his joke landed.

I am calling it now, May 24, 2021—Ethan will be a stand up comedian.