Thank you for finding and reading my blog and interacting with me for another year. I shall not be sorry to say goodbye to 2019 – something I feel like I think every single year. Is that why we look forward to the new year, because every single year of adulthood is just mentally taxing and emotionally exhausting? Anyway, let’s see what 2020 has to offer.
From my family to yours, enjoy the festive season – whether or however you celebrate – I hope you dust off the cobwebs of 2019 and I wish you all the very best for 2020.
Laura
PS Is 2020 the year in which I become the shortest member of my family?
A Pict in PA 
The prospect of you being the shortest member of your family made me laugh. When I worked for Writers in the Schools, I could find a student taller than me as early as–incredibly–third grade.
Ha ha! Yes. There are kids at my son’s Elementary School who are significantly taller than I am. By MIddle and High School, most are towering over me. When I was a newly qualified HS teacher, I was once mistaken for a student by a colleague who chastised me for being in the corridor between lessons.
And we won’t get into the issue of the supermarkets and their top shelves.
Funny you mention that because I recently found myself chastised in a store because I stepped up onto the bottom shelf in order to try and swipe down an item from the top shelf. Shorty problems.
Happy Christmas to you, Mr Pict, and the four not-so-mini Picts. Though I think number 4 might have to put on a huge growth spurt this year to overtake you!
Thanks, Anabel. Yes, my youngest is very petite so, while I am sure he will overtake me eventually, I probably have a few years.
Happy Holidays, Laura. You are the best. Here’s to a great 2020.
Thank you, Claudia. We definitely need to meet up again in the new year.
Yes, we will! Something to look forward to in 2020.
Happy Holidays.
When I started a job back in 2001, I saw what looked like a 12 – 13 female in an employee only area. I didn’t say anything as other employees didn’t shoo her away and I was new to the agency. Turns out she was 35. I am bad about guessing height, but she pretty short, under 5 feet, maybe about 4’8″ or so..
I am from a family who are under the average for height in both males and females. Likewise, my husband and his family are all pretty average. However, there is a weird recessive gene it seems in my family that leads to some folks (all males) being 6 feet tall or more. My youngest brother and sister are the tallest and shortest among my siblings and I (I am second shortest) in that my brother is either 6′ or 6’1″ and my sister is not under 5′.
My goodness…they are really growing up, Lets all have a wonderfu new year.
Thank you, Beverly. And thank you so much for always being such a reliable reader and frequent commenter. I always enjoy our exchanges. Best wishes to you and yours.
and to you and yours. I enjoy giving you a hard time but I do like your art. I just need to jumo in and do the same.
Thanks for taking us along on your many family adventures as well as your artworks.
Thank you for reading and giving me a reason to write and share.
Happy New Year!! I wish you and yours all the best!! I’m the shortest in my family…the youngest member- a 16 yr old nephew now towers above me. I just figure that it’s now guaranteed that there will be someone able to reach things on high shelves for me…😆
I never bang my head on low door frames so there’s that advantage too.
Huge advantage!! One of my nephews is almost 7 feet tall. He has to duck into our dining room and watch out for the ceiling fan.
Woah! I cannot even imagine being that tall. I bet he is sick of getting things down from shelves for other people.
Yes, I think he is. I know, because he’s told me, that he’s sick of being asked if he plays basketball. So when I need something from tall places I ask his 6 foot plus daughter. 😁