Smaller

I feel shorter lately. I notice it sometimes when I’m walking, and often when I’m standing at the kitchen sink or counter. Our kitchen counter is higher than the norm, granted, but I should be used to that after nearly two decades of living with it. So I have to wonder, have I literally grown shorter? Or is it rather an emotion, perhaps a feeling of being lost in a big, confusing, ever-changing world? Because the world is so scary now, it makes me feel small.