I was born at a normal size and weight, 9 lbs. 21 inches, but, by the time I was 8 years of age, I was 5 feet tall and as skinny as a rail. At 12 years of age, I was at 6 feet tall, and finished my growth at the age of 19 with the height of 6'9".
My wife asked me to write about what it was like when I was "little", the problem with the question lays in the question itself, as I was never "little". I grew up, and continue on today as the tallest person in my Army unit, as it has been for the past 19 years of service. I can however, talk about the pains of growing, and the advantages and disadvantages of being non-height restricted.
As I stated in my opening paragraph, I grew quickly, adjusted to the awkwardness of having more body than I knew what to do with, and became aware of the expectations that the general public had of extra tall people, especially boys/men. The part of being tall that most people never hear about, is the pain that is associated with rapid growth. Rapid growth in my body was not something that by body wanted to accept, sort of like chemotherapy for a cancer victim, its something that is foreign to the body, and forces it do something that is unnatural. In my case, the growth phenomena meant that my bones grew at a pace that my muscles, tendons, and fibers could not keep pace with, and often lead to massive full body cramping. The cramping would take over all body functions, causing a racking of pain that felt akin to having all of the bones in my body cracking at the same time, locking in rigidity, and then swelling with searing hot pain.
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In Combat, when a weapon malfunctions, the steps to correct the problem is called remedial action, such as when a bullet double feeds, we do what's called SPORTS, Slap, Pull, Observe, Release, Tap, and Squeeze the trigger.
Unfortunately, when my body would go into full cramp mode, there was no known remedial action to call upon, so, my parents went into the depths of their encyclopedic brains, and pulled out stretching exercises for me to do, to try to loosen the muscles, which worked for the most part, and I still use to this day to help with the random cramping that my body inflicts me with at random times of the day.
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