I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was a full foot taller than any child my age.
The ages two to 15 I spent at different stages of shortness. I didn't become a tall person until I was 16.
Being tall when I was youngerl I was always a bit awkward. As a teenager, I was very, very thin, so I was very gangly and limby, and would sweep things off the table without realising how big my wingspan was - just out of control. A lot of women write to me and say, 'I'm six foot and exactly the same happens' - that's been lovely therapy.
I was very energetic and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.
And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.
By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence.
As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.
I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it.