Measuring Up to the Love
From Elizabeth Kingsman.
How many of you had family height charts when you were young? How many of you had them for your children? You often see them in family films, usually a door post with markings on it charting the growth of the different family members over the years and sometimes, over generations. It wasn’t a tradition we had in my family. Maybe because as one of six, all the markings over all of the years would have eventually interfered with the integrity of the door jamb itself, resulting in a DIY emergency! Or perhaps, as hardworking parents of six, my Mother and Father were just too busy to keep up with us all. In any case, I stopped growing after twelve years, remaining the pint sized 5’0” I am today. It’s a tradition I didn’t keep with my boys either but I’m certainly not feeling scarred by the lack of it and hopefully neither are my offspring. Download complete article here.
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