Being a little person means a lot of things, but my favorite thing about being short is that the magic in life never has to go away. When you are little, everything is still magical and amazing in life. The Disney princesses will ALWAYS be taller than you. (Mostly because in order to be a Disney Princess at Disneyland, you have to be at least 5ft 6in.) Mickey will always be bigger in real life than he is on T.V., and Superman and Batman will always look like the coolest people ever.
Cedar City has a storybook parade every year, and this year I got to go with my roommate. If you haven't been, and are young at heart, I would recommend going, because it truly is magical. It doubles as a Christmas parade, and a story book character parade, and it is the most adorable thing I have ever seen. Starting with Santa riding over the parade route and waving to everyone from a helicopter, followed by any and all story book characters you can think of. It's the truth. I saw everywhere from the classic parade characters like Mickey Mouse, to obscure ones that no one has like Bear in the Big Blue house, and Maleficent.
I was just as excited as the kids when I saw Santa ride by in the helicopter, the Disney princesses walk by, and I practically screamed when I saw Mickey Mouse. If I were taller, and didn't have the adorable complex, it would have been weird, but since I am vertically impaired, and do have the adorable complex, I didn't get as many strange looks as I should have. It also helped that my roommate was just as excited.
Things like that absolutely make my day, because I know for a little kid seeing Captain America, or Cinderella walking by in a parade, or somewhere else in public, the experience is absolutely magical. It's like that person that you have admired forever just showed up to make your day. The people are just doing their jobs, but the effect they have on the kids who see them as a hero, lasts forever.
I know that the people in the costumes are people just like you or me, but the fact that they are willing to put on that costume, and make a little bit of magic in somebody's life, makes them amazing. The costumes are usually not the most comfortable, but they still say yes to being that character, and that's something to be admired.
Sometimes I like the little kid at heart take over and let everything be a magical adventure. Shooting stars are for wishing without question. There is something amazing just over the rainbow, and in the words of one of the most magical people of all time Walt Disney, "If you can dream it, you can do it." I love trying to find the little bits of magic and happiness in my day, that I might not notice if my little kid at heart didn't take over as often as it does.
Life is more fun when you take the time to notice the little things that seem magical everyday. The adult in me knows why the flowers grow, why the sunsets are pretty, and why the stars seem to sparkle at night, but when the kid at heart takes over, the answer just becomes magic. I like that answer a bit better, because I didn't have to take physical science or biology to come up with it. The answer is simple, and when life is simple it tends to be way more fun.
Sometimes I wish I was tall, but then I don't think I would want to make life as fun, because people would probably tell me to act my age more often. Taller people look older and more mature, because they have the extra height, but when you are small like me, people have a hard time guessing how old you are. I still have yet to have someone guess it right. I either get a younger age like 15 or 16, or I get pegged in the older college student category of 23 or 24.
It's all based on how I am acting or how I am dressed. When I act professional for my advertising job, my clients are often surprised to learn that I am only 20, but then they believe it when I show up a different time dressed in my Superman T-shirt to pick up the monthly check. I don't always follow the proper protocol for dressing like a professional, but when you are short and adorable like I am, you can get away with it.
That's part of the magic of being short. You can still be amazed by everything in life, and instead of people thinking there might be something wrong with you, they think you are absolutely adorable. I am a pretty well educated person. I won't say I am the smartest person ever, but I know how the world works, and still try to find little bits of magic between the lines of logic and reason. That is what makes life entertaining. We are here to enjoy the things in life, and sometimes a little magic helps make life more fun.
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