Short Like Me...
By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee
Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee... I'm short... don't get me wrong ...I love people my height... it just felt strange for everyone to 'be short all at one time'...... :)))
I was walking around in amazement... at Walmart, of all places. I looked all around me... I didn't believe what I was seeing. To see a face... I didn't have to 'look far'... they were 'all on my level'.
As I walked, I looked all around to see a 'tall' person. Ah... there's Skip... he's the tallest person I see. I can't believe all 'these short people'... 'short people'... like me. I felt uncomfortable. How did everyone get to be so short. Was today a 'short' day? What's going on?
No... I just couldn't believe it. Their legs were no longer than mine. In fact, some legs were 'shorter'.... How come I was uncomfortable with people 'my height'? Why did 'short' affect me like that? I am 'that short'. When I say short, I mean like 5 feet, 2 inches short.
Every aisle I turned down... everyone was the same height. Was someone playing a trick on me? How did they know I was coming to 'that Walmart'? We don't usually go to the same one everytime.
I just couldn't take it... I'm short, but... I can't be around a lot of short people at one time. I want to close my eyes... it make me dizzy. I like 'different'... all sizes of people around me. It balances out 'everything'.
Don't ask me 'why?' It's just the way it was. Everyone today was ... short like me.
Colors As I Go
grief
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only child
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Scary
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Boiled eggs
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Distrust
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Don't call me Faye
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Dying
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I hate to be called Faye
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I'm afraid of the dark
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Middle age woman
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Pain that reaches the soul.. can't be seen
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Running
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Where did my youth go?
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dying in a beautiful way
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life is fragile
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light on my path
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my son
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Monday, October 14, 2013
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I am glad you like short people! I am shorter than you! I am about 5 ft. Sometimes I feel shorter than that and other days I feel a little taller. Most people are taller than I am but it doesn't bother me. I am use to that. It does feel strange when I would see someone shorter than me! Love, Ms. Nancy
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