Comments on: growing http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/ created by tracy white Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Tracy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1179 Tracy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:02:37 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1179 glad everyone is enjoying GROWING. there are still a few more updates coming up.... and no, i don't think i'll be a perfect parent. way less than perfect. glad everyone is enjoying GROWING. there are still a few more updates coming up….

and no, i don’t think i’ll be a perfect parent. way less than perfect.

]]> By: seraphim http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1177 seraphim Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:46:18 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1177 I see you are working hard. The mom-daughter dialogue in your last update is brilliant. As it seems that you know all the mistakes that parents do I am wondering are you going to be the perfect parent? I see you are working hard. The mom-daughter dialogue in your last update is brilliant. As it seems that you know all the mistakes that parents do I am wondering are you going to be the perfect parent?

]]> By: cybele http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1176 cybele Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:52:58 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1176 LOVE the new installment. Very funny in a great dark way. I personally never wanted to fit in, I just wanted to be respected by the people who did fit in. And i probably wanted them to think I was secretly cooler than them, because I didn't try to fit in. LOVE the new installment. Very funny in a great dark way.

I personally never wanted to fit in, I just wanted to be respected by the people who did fit in. And i probably wanted them to think I was secretly cooler than them, because I didn’t try to fit in.

]]> By: not finished http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1175 not finished Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:03:10 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1175 where to begin? i've wanted to change everything. and i do mean EVERYTHING. like you i tried colored contacts and hair dye. also did hair extensions, facial piercings and tats. its a work in progress. or i should say: i'm a work in progress. where to begin? i’ve wanted to change everything. and i do mean EVERYTHING. like you i tried colored contacts and hair dye. also did hair extensions, facial piercings and tats. its a work in progress. or i should say: i’m a work in progress.

]]> By: pedukie http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1173 pedukie Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:02:46 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1173 wow... that was a great installment on so many levels, but most of all the storyline got me hooked! it's weird how the things that bug you when you're young then become things you love about yourself later -- go figure. wow… that was a great installment on so many levels, but most of all the storyline got me hooked! it’s weird how the things that bug you when you’re young then become things you love about yourself later — go figure.

]]> By: kiki http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1171 kiki Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:18:50 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1171 loved the bit about a career in the food industry. very funny. keep the updates coming. loved the bit about a career in the food industry. very funny. keep the updates coming.

]]> By: S http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1162 S Wed, 14 May 2008 20:00:39 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1162 I'm hairier than other girls. Like, a lot hairier, and in places a girl in America shouldn't even be hairy in. I'm over it now, but I still have to take care that the garments I buy will cover me up effectively with every movement I make. Royal pain in the ass. Wish I could fix it with a single trip to the body perfection surgeons! Oh, and my ass is huge. Really doesn't fit with my tiny figure. But some guys like it, so it works out. :) I’m hairier than other girls. Like, a lot hairier, and in places a girl in America shouldn’t even be hairy in. I’m over it now, but I still have to take care that the garments I buy will cover me up effectively with every movement I make. Royal pain in the ass. Wish I could fix it with a single trip to the body perfection surgeons!

Oh, and my ass is huge. Really doesn’t fit with my tiny figure. But some guys like it, so it works out.

:)

]]> By: B-boy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1161 B-boy Tue, 13 May 2008 00:46:25 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1161 When we were 5 years old, my twin sister had a pair of go-go boots. She wore them outside once on a rainy day -- she jumped up on a park bench and started singing Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walking". Then she slipped and broke her nose. She has a very cute nose now too! When we were 5 years old, my twin sister had a pair of go-go boots. She wore them outside once on a rainy day — she jumped up on a park bench and started singing Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made For Walking”.
Then she slipped and broke her nose. She has a very cute nose now too!

]]> By: big daddy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1160 big daddy Tue, 13 May 2008 00:12:29 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1160 I know how the tall girl felt -- I was big when I was little and they pushed me up a grade at 1st grade. I was still big even with kids a year older, but I felt much younger than everyone. Basically a literal big baby... eventually my growth slowed and people caught up, but it sucked while it was happening. People assume SO much based on your size. Size-ism is discrimination! I know how the tall girl felt — I was big when I was little and they pushed me up a grade at 1st grade. I was still big even with kids a year older, but I felt much younger than everyone. Basically a literal big baby… eventually my growth slowed and people caught up, but it sucked while it was happening. People assume SO much based on your size. Size-ism is discrimination!

]]> By: Tracy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1152 Tracy Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:55:04 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1152 i know what you mean about having a cast -- i actually bought one once in a magic shop or something and wore it out once or twice... i know what you mean about having a cast — i actually bought one once in a magic shop or something and wore it out once or twice…

]]> By: B-boy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1151 B-boy Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:42:19 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1151 When I was about 8 years old I fell down and hurt my leg badly. After a couple of days of limping around, I convinced my dad to take me to the doctor. I remember the doctor's diagnosis so clearly, even to this day, "You have a minor sprain of you anke", he said. I limped out of the doctor's office and started crying -- I wanted to hear that I needed to be in a cast. Somehow your desire for glasses reminded me of my desire to wear a cast. When I was about 8 years old I fell down and hurt my leg badly. After a couple of days of limping around, I convinced my dad to take me to the doctor. I remember the doctor’s diagnosis so clearly, even to this day, “You have a minor sprain of you anke”, he said.
I limped out of the doctor’s office and started crying — I wanted to hear that I needed to be in a cast.
Somehow your desire for glasses reminded me of my desire to wear a cast.

]]> By: ali http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1136 ali Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:47:34 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1136 From one short stop to another...love it! Except that I had extremely visible braces on my teeth until senior year and it was not something to talk about. From one short stop to another…love it!
Except that I had extremely visible braces on my teeth until senior year and it was not something to talk about.

]]> By: Marianne http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1133 Marianne Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:52:26 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1133 Love this. Similarly, my sister and I used to wish we had braces. We would wrap paperclips around our teeth. Then, we finally did end up needing them and it wasn't as great as our fantasy had been. Love this. Similarly, my sister and I used to wish we had braces. We would wrap paperclips around our teeth. Then, we finally did end up needing them and it wasn’t as great as our fantasy had been.

]]> By: Dave http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1127 Dave Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:21:39 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1127 It wasn't until I was 15 that someone pointed out that I don't have a chin. I've been self-conscious about it ever since. It wasn’t until I was 15 that someone pointed out that I don’t have a chin. I’ve been self-conscious about it ever since.

]]> By: zoe and adam http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1117 zoe and adam Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:10:01 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1117 adam: well, I wish I had more hair, but since there is nothing I can do about it, I have to accept it. I feel like I look different, though. zoe: I like myself how I am. I really liked your story. I want to hear it again. adam: well, I wish I had more hair, but since there is nothing I can do about it, I have to accept it. I feel like I look different, though.

zoe: I like myself how I am. I really liked your story. I want to hear it again.

]]> By: nancy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1115 nancy Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:39:56 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1115 Growing is just wonderful. It’s fun to read and it makes me remember my Mom who when I was in 7th grade bought me a pair of size 9 figure skates for Christmas. Just then of course I stopped growing. I remember those huge pair of skates hanging around my closet forever. Great work, Tracey. I want to read more. Growing is just wonderful. It’s fun to read and it makes me remember my Mom who when I was in 7th grade bought me a pair of size 9 figure skates for Christmas. Just then of course I stopped growing. I remember those huge pair of skates hanging around my closet forever. Great work, Tracey. I want to read more.

]]> By: gail http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1113 gail Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:34:07 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1113 Hi T, I didn't know you wore a brace when you were really young, or that you had orthotics. I'm surprised I don't remember that. It's great when you can mark the moments in life when having a difference changes from feeling bad to feeling OK or even good, or when suddenly you realize something you didn't like about yourself has changed. I like the detail in the drawings, especially in the first episode. It's funny how we both struggled with our height for opposite reasons and it occurs to me now that my desire as a kid was usually to be "average" or to "fit in" and when I think about that now it's the very last thing I would want. I'm glad we're not average. Hi T,
I didn’t know you wore a brace when you were really young, or that you had orthotics. I’m surprised I don’t remember that. It’s great when you can mark the moments in life when having a difference changes from feeling bad to feeling OK or even good, or when suddenly you realize something you didn’t like about yourself has changed.
I like the detail in the drawings, especially in the first episode. It’s funny how we both struggled with our height for opposite reasons and it occurs to me now that my desire as a kid was usually to be “average” or to “fit in” and when I think about that now it’s the very last thing I would want. I’m glad we’re not average.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1111 Tracy Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:23:34 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1111 BL you'll like this most recent update -- it starts with shoes. glad to know everyone is enjoying the story so far. BL you’ll like this most recent update — it starts with shoes.

glad to know everyone is enjoying the story so far.

]]> By: B.L. http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1109 B.L. Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:47:36 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1109 that one takes me back! I wasnt too tall or too short, but my mom did embarass me to death when buying shoes. She always made a big deal about my BIG feet. My big feet are now just average. love the rainbow tee that one takes me back!
I wasnt too tall or too short, but my mom did embarass me to death when buying shoes. She always made a big deal about my BIG feet. My big feet are now just average.

love the rainbow tee

]]> By: thumpie http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1107 thumpie Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:59:54 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1107 Yes, I know how Gail feels! When I was in elementary school, I grew so much that they made me skip a grade, so that I'd be with kids my size. It sucked because they were at a different stage in their lives with different experiences, and I just wanted to be with my (smaller) friends. Yes, I know how Gail feels! When I was in elementary school, I grew so much that they made me skip a grade, so that I’d be with kids my size. It sucked because they were at a different stage in their lives with different experiences, and I just wanted to be with my (smaller) friends.

]]> By: kiki http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1106 kiki Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:34:30 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1106 I was the tallest girl in my school forever and i felt like I stuck out and I hated it then I switched schools and amazingly half the girls were shorter and half taller - i was happy for a little bit then started wishing I was taller! love your comics - brings back memories! I was the tallest girl in my school forever and i felt like I stuck out and I hated it then I switched schools and amazingly half the girls were shorter and half taller - i was happy for a little bit then started wishing I was taller! love your comics - brings back memories!

]]> By: maria http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1102 maria Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:28:45 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1102 I also interesting to look at these things as an adult. I also stopped growing when I was 11 and went from being one of the tallest in my class to average and then below average it's funny how different aspects of our physique kinda haunts us and then we make peace with it and it totally switched things around. Can't wait for the rest of it I also interesting to look at these things as an adult. I also stopped growing when I was 11 and went from being one of the tallest in my class to average and then below average

it’s funny how different aspects of our physique kinda haunts us and then we make peace with it and it totally switched things around. Can’t wait for the rest of it

]]> By: mark quigley http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1100 mark quigley Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:52:01 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1100 very cute. i wanna see more so please add me to the mailing list. hope you and lak and the bun in the oven are well. very cute. i wanna see more so please add me to the mailing list. hope you and lak and the bun in the oven are well.

]]> By: nancy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1099 nancy Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:28:09 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1099 I love the green monster who is hiding behind the shut door:Do Not Open. When writing is a way to let others in and not to keep them out. I think it's called a double bind. Heh Heh I love the green monster who is hiding behind the shut door:Do Not Open. When writing is a way to let others in and not to keep them out. I think it’s called a double bind. Heh Heh

]]> By: B-boy http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1096 B-boy Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:09:44 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1096 Every word and every line is a gem! Will the story end before new baby begins? Will you ever write about motherhood? Every word and every line is a gem! Will the story end before new baby begins? Will you ever write about motherhood?

]]> By: pami http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1095 pami Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:00:45 +0000 http://www.traced.com/2008/02/08/growing/#comment-1095 Good Morning, Tracy. Once again, I can relate. I stopped growing at 12 and was 5'1" forever. About three years ago I began seeing a chiropractor. After about a year of adjustments, I started measuring taller. Now they have me officially at 5'3". Weird huh? I always felt "too short" in most circumstances, but I wasn't "short enough" to be everyone's little darling. So, I either dreamed of being 4'11" or 5'7". Neither came true. I look forward to the rest of the story Good Morning, Tracy. Once again, I can relate. I stopped growing at 12 and was 5′1″ forever. About three years ago I began seeing a chiropractor. After about a year of adjustments, I started measuring taller. Now they have me officially at 5′3″. Weird huh?

I always felt “too short” in most circumstances, but I wasn’t “short enough” to be everyone’s little darling. So, I either dreamed of being 4′11″ or 5′7″. Neither came true.

I look forward to the rest of the story

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