short ?

I am 5 foot 2 inches tall.  I know other people are shorter than I am but its kinda a fluke that I am short. I am surrounded by height. My dad is  6 feet 4 inches tall and my brother is 6 foot 2 inches tall and my uncle is tall too.  My dad’s father was on the tall side and so were  many men in my family , My aunt  is   even on the tall side.  .  My mom isn’t really short. Everyone thought I’d be tall because of these factors.

My grandmother was short,  At the age of  10 I looked like I would be tall so her being short wan’t a problem  Ha, Ha, Ha!  About 12-13 I stopped growing. 5 feet 2 inches tall was my final measurement. No longer being tall, I wa a little upset but being short has its advantages.   Guys paid more attention to me because I was  short and not taller than them. However after a while I turned pudgy from too many ice creams. But, that’s another story…

Being  short in high school was not a problem at all. I was not interested in most of the boys. I am from a small town that contained about 8,000 people.  In a small place, you spend  a lot of time with the same people. I was not interested in  these  boys because we had gone thru school together and it would have  been  like dating your brother. There was one exception.  A guy who had moved from Maine became a very close   friend to me and he  didn’t seem to care about my height.

I went to college and found out for the first time in my life that size didn’t matter. Guys liked all types of girls  and being short and kinda fat didn’t matter. I would like to say that I had a huge romance while in college. But, that didn’t happen, Instead, I was friends with a lot of guys. Each of them possessing a quality that I liked.   I even had a few guys that  helped me and took an interest in my well-being. Being short was   not a factor in my being friends  with aanyone.

Being  short though  sometimes is an inconvenience.  You can’t reach the dishes and cups that are on high shelves. Tonight I had that problem.  No one was around that could help me so I had to wait. Eventually someone did come around and I got the assistance that I needed. It just irritates me that I have to a ask a person for help  to complete  a very basic task.

Being short is not a  nightmare or a handicap  . It’s just a small part of who you are.  Its  something  that  can be handled well if you have a real problem with it.   Surround yourself with people who care about you and don’t have a problem with you being short. Learn that its ok to ask for  help. . If you make an attempt to do these  things  you will be fine being short.

You can be annoyed with people who are taller.  But, don’t hate them. Instead, be happy that you are what you are…Your life will be  better if you did.