A few days ago Jen and I were driving somewhere when she turned to me and said “You know, I am glad I’m little, because being average sized would just be boring”. I laughed and agreed.

It’s amazing to me how God continues to bless me with so much. I know the world looks at little people like us and thinks that we’re unfortunate or “disabled” but I say that they are dead wrong. My life could not be more fortunate! While I may not be able to do everything as well as your average sized person and there are a few things that I can’t do at all (like get things off of high shelves), there are many, many more things that I can do.

It reminds me of what I used to hear in school-that people who are blind or deaf have heightened senses to compensate for those that are lacking. I don’t know if that’s scientifically true or not, but I can say that from my experience that God has blessed me with gifts and talents which would seem to compensate for my lacking height. My pastor twice recently asked me, “can we clone you?”, after completing some volunteer work for the church. I know what he said was a joke, but I felt like there was some sincerity behind it. For a long time now I have been trying to do what I can for God by using the talents and gifts that He has entrusted to me and as I have given, God has in turn blessed me with even more. I think my pastor’s comment was just a light-hearted way to say to me “you’re valuable”. I’m not trying to be cocky, it’s just that I want people to realize that I have so much talent and so many gifts that no one should look down on me because of my height. Be happy that I am who I am!

God has blessed me…and no amount of inches can take that away.