Dear God . . . Why am I growing so fast? veryone stares at me because I'm so tall!
I'm with you, buddy. I used to hate it when my friends called me "skinny!" You'll eventually stop growing and standing tall won't seem like such a bad thing, after all. This is Wess Stafford, President of Compassion International. At a certain age, children don't like to stand out specially if they're too tall, too short, too anything! Who of us hasn't heard one sibling say of another, "Dad, she's looking at me!" But none of that matters when it comes to attention from a caring adult. That's a different story. If you're a one-on-one mentor for a child, a grandparent, uncle or aunt, you play an important role in making a child feel special. Singled out — with good results! This is Wess Stafford. Speak up with compassion to a child in your world!
