Self Image and the Ostomate
Many ostomates name their stomas (the opening attached to our abdomens which allows the passage of either stool or urine into our pouch) and feel it helps in the acceptance of their new anatomy. “Rosie” is very common because the healthy stoma looks like a rosebud, in shape and color. My stoma is named Lily. I always say she is named for my mother, Lillian, who gave me my first life, and Lily has absolutely given me my second life!
I have missed not posting a blog this week, but I was traveling home Tuesday with all good intentions to write said blog, and wound up spending 11 and a half hours in the airport, instead.
In the interest of full disclosure, I had never thought about Soaking in Love. It is a beautiful metaphor for the warmth I feel when I am with my family and my special friends. I feel a glow that is rather indescribable. My daughter, Emily, used the expression in one of her podcasts (she is extremely prolific, having two businesses, Golden Resources and Dethroning Your Inner Critic) and it truly resonated with me. My visual, a gorgeous vessel in a garden of the most aromatic flowers and vines, wrapping around me an intoxicating fragrance as I sit until ready to emerge with all of my senses awakened, knowing I am treasured and warmed in a most exquisite way. That would be my definition of Soaking in Love. And I suppose for each of us the imagery would be unique, unique to what we want in our lives, and what we will do to achieve it.