According To My Son, Being Short Is Awesome

I was teaching my son how to throw a spiral at the park when he threw the football over my head, and I reminded him how short I am.

"I can't reach that high, bud," I said.

I stand 5' 7". My wife, Mel, is 5' 4". We are little people making little people. The joke around my home town was that I lived in a tree and made fudge. And as funny as that joke is, I…