Standing Tall

About the Book

“How’s the weather up there, Shorty.” “Hey, spider legs, you sure are a tall drink of water.” Or the whispers while standing in line…”Mommy, she’s really tall.” Sound familiar?

I’ve been tall my entire life and never really liked it! I towered over all of my friends, even the boys. And finding clothes, there’s another story all together. I have flashbacks of trying on one-piece bathing suits and wrestling with the spandex—pulling it up and down and back up again (I think you get the picture). By the way, who made the dressing room doors so short? I’d go shopping with my friend and she’d ask me to find her something in a size 2…right, I didn’t even know clothes came in size 2. I knew as soon as I asked the salesperson for a size that would barely cover my arm, she would burst out in outrageous laughter.

I am always being told, “you are so tall”. I think I knew this already. I struggled with why God made me so tall. It definitely wasn’t so that I could play basketball—I lacked in the jumping and swishing skills. Modeling was out of the question because I liked to eat.

Then it all became very clear to me when mothers starting asking me to talk to their “vertically gifted” daughters who were experiencing some of the same frustrations I had gone through. I was becoming a “poster child” for tall girls. So much so that I was compelled to write a book—Standing Tall. I wanted to use my experiences to reach out to young women who didn’t like their height.

Standing Tall is an inspirational book about celebrating long limbs and conveying the message that being tall is a gift. The book includes “tall tales’ with advice from women and teens ranging from teachers, college students, twins, celebrities such as Brooke Shields and Gayle King, an IRS Analyst, Tall Club International members, nurses, moms, athletes, and many more.

In addition to the Tall Tales, the book includes cartoons, clothing resources (Tall Order), my personal story (Tall is All), and other inspirational and fun works.

My hope is that all tall teens and women who read Standing Tall will begin to truly appreciate their gift of height…standing tall really is a beautiful thing.