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AS THE 2025 WORLD SERIES approaches, and my Dodgers appear on track to be in it, I stare adoringly at one of my office wall decorations. It hangs just above my autographed photograph of Dodger icon Tommy Lasorda. It is a large poster from the 1955 World Series, won by the Dodgers, announcing the opening game and its starting pitchers, Don Newcombe for the Dodgers and Whitey Ford for the Yank ...

CLASSIC KIND COMMENTS 2. (CHILDREN)
Classic kind comments need to show
children that we like to know
that they are happy and content
for this would be a kind intent.
The comments that we make to them
should not belittle or condemn,
but should contain authentic praise
which would their confidence then raise.
Classic kind comments for a child
should be gentle, firm, yet mild,
and should be cl ...

Hello my name is Shauna I’m 51 and looking for encouragement friendship and support. I got my ostomy back in June via emergency surgery.

CLASSIC KIND COMMENTS.
The comments that some people make
can lead to sadness and heartbreak,
but other comments are more kind
and raise the gladness in our mind.
Classic kind comments often will
be crafted with the kindest skill,
so that they put people at ease
and are planned to delight and please.
Classic kind comments are not curt
and are not meant to scold or hurt,
but are more subtle, ...

Hi everyone. Just wanted to say hi. My name is Ruby, I am 57 years old. My ostomy was the result after colorectal cancer surgery. I have had my ostomy for 4 months now. I am now cancer free and blessed to see every new day.

Hi, my name is Renee and I am 58 years old. I was born with a syndrome which led me to have ostomy since birth at 37. I went from a colostomy to an ileostomy and have had a urinary ostomy since birth. I’ve had multiple operations over the years and have learned a lot about myself, but it’s nice knowing that there’s other people out there that you can meet and ask questions back-and-forth ...

wrote this this morning,
feel better externalising..
caring can be sharing :-)
..
i see you
can free you,
to loose you
can choose you,
to hear you
can clear you,
why be you
to see you,
to find you
and bind you,
why know you
to grow you,
then show you
that no you,
din’t melt you
t’was dealt you,
to shove you
then love you,
to round you
and abound you,
this ember you
did remember you,
i.c.u ...

CIRCUMSTANTIAL KINDNESS?
Sometimes kindness cannot be seen
and so it seems a little mean
not to include them in this book
so everyone may take a look.
When something good has come your way
that doesn’t happen every day,
and you have searched for reasons why
but answers seem to pass you by.
It may be someone has been kind,
but their acts have been behind
some camouflage to hide your view
s ...

I'm new to ostomy and its many challenges. Living alone in the Midwest area. Also considering getting a dog for companionship. Hoping to do some traveling.

All right everyone, let’s have a little fun… I am curious if anyone else has named their stoma. Mine practically demanded to be named with all the talking, sass, and backtalk it makes.
So I am asking everyone what do you call your stoma?
My stoma is called Kraken, because it has emerged from the depths.
Let’s see those names!

Hello,
New here. Have had my permanent colostomy since February 2025. Hope to make some new friends and give some support to others. Looking forward to meeting you.
ValGal

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends.

Feeling down today. It’s been a rough week with Stella the stoma. But one thing that makes me smile are the fur babies. So let’s see them.

MY FRIEND HAS A DOG that he sometimes lets off the leash to run around in an empty lot. I couldn’t help but notice that the dog, free to roam, followed his nose. He careened about the lot in a totally unpredictable fashion, like one of those metal balls in a pinball machine, and like – it suddenly occurred to me – like me when I was in college. I followed my nose too, essentially purs ...

Hi all, just wanted to say hello to everyone on this site, as a new member with lots of questions to ask and answers to give x