Way back in Middle School, my science teacher felt badly about always giving me a hard time because of my height. He was a nice guy and his teasing good-natured.
One day he gave me the following quote, typed up and then mounted on green construction paper:
Oliver Wendell Holmes once attended a meeting in which he was the shortest man present. "Dr. Holmes," quipped a friend, "I should think you'd feel rather small among us big fellows." "I do," retorted Holmes, "I feel like a dime among a lot of pennies."
I had it laminated and still have it nearly twenty years later.
About Me
- My 10 Cents
- Refugee from the East Coast, Now Living in the Midwest, United States
- I have a BA from Smith College and an MBA from a NYC school. I've been a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies, a Development Director of a Non-Profit, a fundraising consultant, a playwright, a poet, and a novelist. I'd be a Renaissance Woman except I like central heating, warm showers, take-out sushi, and equal rights.