When I dance, I am happy! There is something about the freedom to move without restrictions, to be with others who feel the same, or even, as one of my friends, does, dance alone to an inner choreography. As I get older, however, sometimes my feet wind up screaming or cramping by the end of […]

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Although I have written before about dehydration as a side effect of ileostomy, (we lack the ability to absorb fluids due to our new anatomy) I have only dealt with it peripherally. I assumed that was because I was mindful of my liquid intake and ability to control my heat exposure. Such was not the […]

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I just finished rereading a book that was meaningful to me years ago. I had forgotten all about it until a dear friend recommended OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M. Draper. I absorbed every word of it, once again, with even deeper emotions than previously, perhaps because each decade of my life fills me […]

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