My Life as a Play
My Life as a Play: Jacob’s Worship Song
Setting: Daddy is putting Jacob to bed. Jacob has longed like to make up songs, especially worship songs. They are always original, including never repeating the same line twice or in the same key. In fact, there is typically no discernible key or harmony or pitch. Just a worshipful heart. He gives Daddy an impromptu [...]
My Life as a Play: The Christmas Prayer
Setting: Daddy and Jacob are lying in bed on Christmas Eve. Jacob is very excited about Santa but still has some questions and concerns about the whole process. Jacob: Daddy, I want to pray to God for a chimney for our house. Daddy:Â Sure. Go ahead buddy. Jacob: Dear God, please give us a chimney. [...]
My Life as a Play: Why it is worth it
Setting: Daddy is reading Jacob bedtime stories. One book is a children’s Bible, , with various stories in it. Daddy is reading the story of the Cruxifiction. Daddy: “They nailed Jesus to the cross. ‘Father, forgive them,’ Jesus gasped. ‘They don’t understand what they are doing.’ ” Daddy keeps reading the story. He notices Jacob [...]
My Life as a Play: Saying Your Sorry
Setting: Mommy has taken Jacob to Chuck E Cheese to play and eat pizza. While riding the Chuck E car that takes your picture, Jacob had to go pee very badly. He stands up but is unsure what to do since the ride is not over and no 3-year old boy leaves a ride early. [...]
My Life as a Play: Pulza
Setting: The foyer of our home. Daddy comes down the stairs and sees Jacob on his hands and knees. Daddy: Hi Jacob. Jacob: Woof, woof. This is Jacob’s way of indicating he is playing as the imaginary dog Pulza (pronounced as Pull-zah) which is a name and entity he derived totally on his own. As [...]
My Life as a Play: Inflated Ego
Setting: Jacob is sitting on Daddy’s lap before bed. Daddy: Jacob, what do you want to be when you grow up? Jacob: I want to be a daddy. Daddy feels very, very proud to hear this. Daddy: Why do you want to be a daddy? Jacob: So I can put you to bed and I [...]
My Life as a Play: Word play
Setting: Mommy, Daddy and Jacob are leaving Burger King. Dad remembers his teen years listening to rap music and speaks to Jacob… Daddy: Come on homeboy. Jacob [without missing a beat]: OK, homedad.
My Life as a Play: Disciplining Jacob and Disciplining Daddy
Setting: Daddy is trying to put together some cardboard boxes for use as storage containers. They come flat so it requires some bending and folding. Jacob is trying to help Daddy but keeps stepping on the boxes and the DVD boxes laying around which will go into the cardboard boxes. Daddy: Jacob, don’t step on [...]
My Life as a Play: Jacob and the Giant Cookie
Setting: Jacob is sitting in Daddy’s lap, and they are watching Little Einsteins on Disney early one morning. One of the characters, June, catches a big stack of pancakes. Jacob: I want pancakes. Fix me pancakes. Daddy: Do you want pancakes Jacob? Jacob: Yea, I want some pancakes. Daddy: Are you sure you want to [...]
My Life as a Play: Jacob’s Bedtime Delay
Setting: Mommy, Jacob and Daddy have finished playing together on the stairs. It has been a very fun time, but now it is time for bath and bed. Mommy and Daddy are at the foot of the stairs and Jacob is at the top. Mommy: Jacob, time for your bath. Jacob looks down at his [...]
