Or in my case, it ain't easy bein' tall.
I have been tall my entire life. Don't get me wrong I love being tall. I actually wish I was a little taller. I know it sounds silly but, I always wanted to be 6 feet tall. This is the only case in life where I fell short, pun intended.
When I was born I was 22 1/2 inches.... that's almost 2 feet when I was only a day old! By the time I was 2 years old I was 3 feet tall. My doctors told my parents that I was going to be at least 6 feet tall by the time I was done growing. (this is where my dream began) Growing up I was always taller than my friends and the kids in my class. In the 6th grade I was as tall as my teacher.
The 7th grade was a real struggle for me. Not only was I a 13 year old girl who was starting to like boys but I was also taller than all the boys. When I started basketball in November that year I had a physical at the beginning of the season. I was 5'1'' and the tallest girl on the team. I complained all season about my legs bothering me. My coaches and my mom just thought it was from the conditioning during practice. In January I got injured during a game and spent the rest of the season in a brace protecting my sprained/slightly torn ACL. When I was finally cleared to return to gym and sports the doctor gave me another physical just to make sure I was ok. I was 5'8". My doctor did a double take and looked back into my chart. I grew 7 inches in 4 months. That's why I was in so much pain all the time.
I stopped growing my junior year of high school at 5'11'', one inch shy of having the dream. le sigh... I guess it wasn't meant to be. It wasn't till my senior year that guys were finally as tall or taller than me. Unfortunately none of those guys were the guys I liked. In my whole life I have only had 2 boyfriends taller than me. I was made to slouch in dance pictures because once I put heels on I was 6'3''.
Here I am with 2 of my good friends from HS. I look like a giant in every picture of us.
But, like I said before, I love being tall. At fancy occasions when everyone else is wearing heels, and I am not, I feel so short. But I'm not short, everyone else is finally as tall as me or at least close to being as tall as me. I'm the tall one; its what I know, its who I am. I learned that tall is beautiful and its nothing to be afraid of... unless I'm towering over you and I'm pissed off... then, be afraid. The height thing has never been an issue between Gordon and I. Gordon is about 2 inches taller than me. He'll just make a comment here and there when we go out and I dress up or when we go to a wedding. "Its hard to dance with you because you're too tall."
We didn't dance a single slow dance at Kathryn's wedding.
I am wearing flats here and Courtney is wearing heels.
