I was a very short and very light child. I was always assumed younger than I was. But I played sports and was a dancer. That made me strong. I’m still strong today, but I’m less short and less light.
Between my genes and all the dance training, I was an incredibly late bloomer. During my freshmen year in college my mom came to campus and bought me a Dell computer. This was late 90s. You’d go into the store to choose your specifications and come back a week later to pick up your custom-built tower and monitor. When I returned on my own to pick it up the clerk thought he was being punked — he wasn’t going to hand over the computer to a 13-year-old. It took some convincing even after I’d shown him my driver’s license and University of Texas student ID to believe me. So that kind of short, light, immature late bloomer.
But I finally grew into myself during sophomore year and that growth spurt pushed me over the edge to win a spot on the Pom Squad headed into my junior year. For me this was absolute success. Only 15 girls make Texas Pom and I was one of them. Think Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, but for college.
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