Janet Hommel Mangas: New resolutions for 12 months… maybe
I can swing my kettlebell 500, 300, or at least 100 times a
day. Or three instances in step with the week. Or maximum really
I can stop launching the "share my region"
phone feature and ask my kids if they're having fun at their live performance,
I will no longer torment my grandson by taking endless
creative shots of him in various wardrobe settings, hats,
sunglasses, even though we all understand that this
grandmother/grandson season has an exceptionally quick window of possibility.
I imagine by the time he's 18 or maybe even 10, he'll
have his own opinions about going to Grandma's to play.
I can try not to bang ferociously on my bay window to scare away
the scrappy common grackles and flocks of starlings that swarm near my bird
Never again can I open the door and
yell "get out, you bugger!" particularly because once I do,
it reminds me that as I age extraordinarily well, I'm also
becoming more like Granny Clampitt from "Beverly Hillbillies."
Need More Stories
Learn more