“They made fun of my height all through my teenage years.”

It sounds simple. But it holds years of being made to feel “too much” for others.Too visible. Too different. Too far from the mold.

Teenage years should be about discovering who you are.But for many, it was the time of shrinking.And if you were tall, that was even harder.You can’t hide when you take up space.

Being mocked for something you never chose — for something that should’ve been a point of pride — turns your body into a cage.Not because it is one, but because that’s how they made you feel.

So today, hear this:Your height was never a flaw.It was power they didn’t know how to look at.You don’t have to apologize for growing taller than their limited view of beauty.