Cankles

I accidentally posted this entry before it was completed so I pulled it and here we go again. It's ok, it will be worth the wait.

The subject of 'cankles' hit home recently when I walked into the kitchen and 7 year-old granddaughter, Madison, came running in, skidded to a screeching stop and stared at my ankles "Oh, Grandma, your feet and ankles look too big to belong to the rest of your body." Now, in my defense it was the morning after driving 12 hours back from Wisconsin causing my cankles to swell and be twice the size.

However, I will be the first to admit that I am the owner of a set of cankles. If you don't know what they are, the following Exhibit B may shed some light on why they are called by that name......

Legs that have no defined end of the calf area as well as no defined beginning of the ankle area.

The word is derived a combination of the words calf and ankle. Victims of this condition are advised to avoid the following: ankle boots, ankle-strap shoes, anklets, ankle socks, ankle tattoos, high-top shoes, and any other footwear or legwear that might draw attention to the cankle region. I don't remember what Exhibit A was but I think this explains all that you need to know. As you can see, ankles disappear and you end up with the 'straight shot' down from the calf. And then....if that isn't bad enough, they list the things you should avoid wearing on your feet and to avoid tattoos. We mustn't draw attention to our ankles. Ok, so What are we suppose to run around in....mukluks? Give me a break!! I say we stand up and stop defending what our ankles look like! I will wear flip-flops with capri pants  if I choose that show off my cankles. At least, I keep my toenails nicely polished so if somebody doesn't want to look at them, they don't have to. At least I don't have other parts of my body hanging out that should be hidden....I'm sure I don't need to go further on that one...we have all seen it. I've even tossed around the idea of getting my grandkids' names tattooed on my ankles. Why not? With the size of my ankles, any tatoo artist would jump at the chance to take on that blank canvas!

What Exhibit B does not stress is that cankles are genetic. So what does that tell you? Along with brown eyes or blond hair, heredity is heredity. I'm not going to waste my time fighting it. Besides, we are in very good company along with Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff and Victoria Beckham. Do you see them hiding their ankles? Hardly.