Max Height 6'
I got measured at 18 when I got my draft card, and I was quite happy that I topped 6 feet. My dad was about 6' 2'' and brother Marchin is securely over the 6 foot barrier somewhere. Every driver's license I've ever had has my height list at 6 feet. My weight has been all over the place. Once, the summer before I got married, I actually tipped the scales at over 200 pounds. There's a picture of me somewhere looking conspicuously like Junior Sample from the old Saturday night tv show Hee Haw. I got a bit scared when I saw that photo. I lost quite a bit of weight for my spring wedding the following year, and it has always fluctuated from about 190-162. The last time I weighed in I rode the scale at 172. I can 'live' with that, but what I struggle with this morning is that my height was 5'11. I even had the gal double check it. "Sorry", she said, "it's 5'11'."
I guess I couldn't stay 6 feet forever.
This is gonna take some getting used to.
Shhhhhh now.
Don't tell anyone our little secret.
ps. Did anyone else have a Mom who religiously marked the vertical growth of her kids on a wall someplace in the house? Ours was in the kitchen next to the woodstove. I got so excited by my growth. It was all about the little things.
Yeah, what's up with that!?? I shrank an inch, too!!
ReplyDeleteAt least we're still in proportion to each other!! ;-)
Time has a way of altering things, even height.
ReplyDeleteI won't tell anybody. I'm 6'1", son is and inch taller. But I can still take him. Is what I say.
ReplyDeleteWell, as a vertically-challenged person, I feel not a whit of sorrow for you. What really ticks me off, though, is that I've discovered as I approach a certain age, my vertical length is lessening. Perhaps it is a sign?
ReplyDeleteWhere did that inch go? Maybe Elenka needs to put you on the stretching machine . . .
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, I haven't been measured lately. I wonder if I've lost some of my meager 5 ft. 2 in. If I did, I know where it went. I think it slipped to around my hips.
ReplyDeleteyou're a skinny feller! :)
ReplyDeleteEveryone else in my family is taller than me. I guess some distant relative must have given me the short gene!
ReplyDeleteMy former medical guy, Dr. Don't-Worry, used to say "Don't worry. It happens to everyone." But I did like that 3/4 inch that evaporated somewhere. And it was considerable work to lose the proportional girth.
ReplyDeleteMy mom did that and my grandma (her mother in law) always double checked the marks...
ReplyDeleteI've heard that happens. I think it might have happened to me too, but I haven't had my height measured in awhile. My grown kids are seeming taller to me lately and I know they are done growing. Thanks for visiting and yes I am back but not every day. I'm hoping to ease back into blogging gradually!
ReplyDeleteShrinking with the universe!
ReplyDeleteWhat? We shrink?
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