Tall Confessions

Seeing as this is the very first post of my fresh, new blog.. I think I should post about something that explains the title a little bit. You know me. If you don't, then you have the right to know that I am an extremely tall individual. And also, that I like eating cheese in a can with everything, but that's another story. In life, if you are either really tall or really short, you WILL hear about it every single day of your life. For example, imagine you are 6'0 (ahem..) and you are walking into the grocery store to buy some tomatoes (or any other yummy vegetable). Imagine yourself walking up to the tomato bin next to someone who is of normal height, and is also buying some tomatoes. There you are, minding your own business, when suddenly, the person next to you looks up and says, "Wow. You're really tall". Harmless comment of the obvious, right? Except for that you already know that you are tall, and don't honestly need that person's re-enforcement of that fact.

Long story to prove a simple point. Point understood?

So anyways, we went down to Mexico the other day for a short and sweet stay at a mission's center down there. Yesterday morning, we went to go pray with a family there who was quite discouraged and in need of some help. There are a few really cute Hispanic kids roaming the area around us, staring at us with their huge brown eyes and (probably) not understanding what we're saying. Seeing as we don't speak fluent Spanish, a translator isn't an bad companion to have there.

Except for when the translator can easily point out to the children- in Spanish- that you are a huge 15-year-old giant. Laughing proceeds.

Needless to say, it was all cute and fun. I've had more awkward introductions, and I didn't really mind the kids laughing at my un-controllable height. But it's just a good example of how you can hear about how tall you are 24/7, even in a different country. Haha!

In conclusiveness of my first post, I'd just like to encourage all really tall (or short) people to embrace your height. There's nothing you can do about it, so why not accept that you're beautiful (or handsome...) no matter if your height is "normal" or not. This goes for all features, really.

Over and out.

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