Still Thinking Big

What happened to the little girl in Thinking Big?

In 1986, Susan Kuklin introduced readers to an extraordinary eight-year-old girl named Jaime, whose story in Thinking Big inspired families across the country. Diagnosed with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, Jaime faced a world that often seemed designed for everyone but her.

Forty years later, the story continues.

In Still Thinking Big, Jaime Osborn shares the remarkable journey that followed. From the challenges of adolescence and multiple surgeries to earning a graduate degree, becoming an award-winning Master Teacher, traveling throughout Europe, and building an independent and fulfilling life, Jaime offers an honest, uplifting account of what it truly means to live beyond limitations.

This is much more than a memoir.

Drawing from a lifetime of personal experience, Jaime offers practical guidance for parents of children with dwarfism, educators, healthcare professionals, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of life with short stature. Each chapter concludes with thoughtful lessons and insights that encourage readers to replace fear with confidence, uncertainty with hope, and assumptions with understanding.

Whether you are a parent who has just received an unexpected diagnosis, a teacher striving to create a more inclusive classroom, a medical professional seeking the perspective of someone who has lived with achondroplasia, or simply someone who enjoys inspiring true stories, Still Thinking Big offers wisdom, encouragement, and hope.

Jaime's message is both simple and powerful:

Your height does not determine your future.

Your challenges do not define your potential.

And the biggest dreams are often achieved by those who refuse to let circumstances limit what is possible.

Join Jaime as she completes the story that began in Thinking Big and discover why a life measured in purpose, perseverance, and hope is always a life lived big.