Once, as his mom started rebuking him back to his room as his head poked slowly around the corner, he retorted with \u201cI just have one more question!\u201d<\/em> His mom conceded, asking what it was. Relieved, he stepped into the room and busted out, in all seriousness, with \u201cHow can dragons fly when they have those small little wings and big huge giant bodies?\u201d<\/em> I could see all over his face that he was in his bed really losing sleep over this impossible dilemma. Another time I heard a little shuffling in the hallway. I let out with one my standard \u201cGo back to bed!\u201d shout outs for whichever one of my little hoodlums it may be, which is usually followed by some quick little retreating footsteps and a door quietly closing. But out darted Jakin announcing that he HAD to tell me \u201cOne of my favorite things!\u201d<\/em> I agreed, and he excitedly proceeded to hold up his hand and announce, \u201cOn your hand, you have 4 fingers. But when you add your 1 thumb, its like you have five, but you don\u2019t, because you only have 4 fingers, then you have 1 thumb,\u201d<\/em> and then looked at me, satisfied that he had cleared that up so excellently for me. I said, \u201cIs that it?\u201d<\/em> \u201cYep,\u201d<\/em> he said, as he turned with certainty and bounded to bed.<\/p>\n Another time it was a question: \u201cIs Beansborough a real state?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n I have no explanation. But it got us both in one of those rare-but-priceless places where you really need to, but you can\u2019t stop laughing. You know, the kind that comes out causing pain and tears you are laughing so hard. Almost like your body is taking what only deserves a small chuckle and using it as an opportunity to hold in weeks of repressed laughter to finally purge itself.<\/p>\n Jakin is capable of creating that often.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s my favorite to date: the kids are all down, it\u2019s quiet, and I was in my bedroom which is down a long hallway from Jakin\u2019s. I was lying on my bed quietly watching TV when in came Jakin dragging his lifeless lower body, presumably all the way from his room, with his arms. As he slowly pulled his comatose legs around the door frame, he announced, \u201cDad. I got somethin to tell ya. My legs don\u2019t work.\u201d<\/em> I looked at him knowingly. I said, \u201cWell, Jakin, your in luck. Your supposed to be in bed sleeping. And you don\u2019t need your legs for that. Right?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cRight. Okay,\u201d<\/em> he said, and he pulled himself all they way back down the hall and into bed (he seemed to have made a miraculous recovery by the morning, by the way).<\/p>\n Jakin\u2019s first name comes from a midnight wake-up call I felt like I got from God one night. I drug myself to my prayer room and did one of those open-the-Bible-and-read things. I opened to an obscure passage in 1 Kings 7 where it describes the (boring) details of Solomon constructing his palace and stuff around the Temple. I thought, \u201csurely this is not what you woke me up to read, God!\u201d I persevered through really interesting (not!) records of some of dimensions of some of the bronze-works that Solomon had commissioned. And then, right in the middle of this, a strange thing\u2026the scripture pauses right after mentioning these 2 pillars made for either side of the porch of Solomon, and takes the time to give these pillars names. One was named Boaz (which means \u201cGod\u2019s strength\u201d I think), the other was named Jakin. I looked it up, because all my wife and I had discussed was we might want a \u201cJ\u201d name (dunno why). It means \u201cGod establishes.\u201d <\/p>\n Jakin\u2019s middle name, Major, was the maiden name of my wife\u2019s sweet Nana, who had just passed away when we found this name. Major means \u201cgreatness\u201d. <\/p>\n So when this cool kid was born we named him \u201cGod Establishes Greatness\u201d. <\/p>\n![\"n504071182_1466115_3670\"](\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_09YibWUlr-c\/SrKxyX917ZI\/AAAAAAAAAI0\/zuH9g2heo9E\/s1600-h\/n504071182_1466115_36702.jpg\" "\\"n504071182_1466115_3670\\"")
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