Hi, friends. It has been a long time. Much longer than I had anticipated or intended, so forgive me if this gets long. I knew I needed to take a step back from The Stolen Colon when I was feeling overwhelmed with two young kids and a number of other responsibilities, but once I tried to move back into it, I found my site had been hacked and I lost a ton of my data, and just as I was trying to sort that out the pandemic hit and everything changed.

But today is the 10 year anniversary of my surgery to remove my colon and the official beginning of my journey living with an ostomy, so I’ve been reflecting this week on the past decade of my life. And I’m realizing that perhaps the story of The Stolen Colon has reflected my own journey.