Self Image and the Ostomate
Self-esteem comes from our own awareness that we are ABSOLUTELY more than fine the way we are. We must allow ourselves to be more than worthy and more than wonderful. It is so important to accept in ourselves what we accept in others…to be kind and caring to ourselves, to be nurturing and supportive, just way we would be to anyone we treasured!
It was difficult to shift gears from one of the most difficult months of my life to throwing myself into attending the United Ostomy Association of America’s (UOAA) Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My nephew Adam’s terribly aggressive illness and death so fresh in my heart, and knowing the sadness that surrounds the life of my […]
The aftermath of losing a loved one is an excruciating time, and the endless hours of thinking, feeling, reliving and wondering about the “what if’s” loom so large in front of our eyes. It seems that every culture has a way of defining that aftermath, a traditional experience done over and over again for the […]