Leaning in to the Joke

As some of you may know, I am on the shorter side of average. It is tall enough that I manage most things, but short enough that it inconveniences me every once in a while. And unfortunately most of my friends are all taller than me because they drank a lot of milk. This lead to many friendly jokes towards our height differences, and a instances of my head becoming a headrest. It used to bother me that I wasn't taller until I started making fun of my own vertical disadvantages. I started going all in on "fun sized" jokes, and realized my height only adds to my charm (tehe). Thus, today's story, the year my younger brother got me some interesting presents. The picture to the left shows the first half which was a dinosaur costume head, and the second half was one of those plastic grabbers where you squeeze the handle and the claw hand closes shut. The idea was, of course, that I was so smol that I couldn't reach things. Both presents are so much fun to play with and I genuinely enjoy them years later. My favorite part is that the grabber is actually functional and I have unironically used it to reach things. I would definitely recommend one, even if you don't have my reach problems. The point of this story is sometimes when your faults bother you- especially if it's one you have no way of changing- it's nice to be able to laugh about it. And remember: the people worth keeping around won't care about your faults, so you shouldn't either. Talk to yourself the way that you would want any of your loved ones talked to.

Enjoy my comic of friendship and I hope you all have a wonderful week! Stay happy, healthy and safe, my jellybeans.