On Growth Spurts

I remember back in JSS 3, I was short. The ladies in class had gotten quite tall and a few guys were beginning to hit their growth spurts.

Then in SS1/SS2, my story changed. I was tall enough to look straight into the eyes of my crush when we talk (not like anything happened anyway).

But that same period, I fell sick often. I realised that after every period of illness, something either got larger, broader or longer on my body. I remember walking down the senior school corridor with the Director of the school then and he’d say, “don’t worry, it’s because you’re growing”. I’d look at him with a ” do you know what you’re saying” kinda look.

But that was the truth. Growth sometimes hurts because something in you changes. And life has it’s own growth spurts. This is a period that’s full of several changes. Let’s embrace and leverage it.

What was your growth spurt experience?