If you couldn’t guess by the title, this is my (Chris) triumphant return to writing on the blog! Farting is hilarious. There, I said it. All of you who mind your Ps and Qs, who act prim and proper at all times and think of passing gas as a major faux pas, it’s probably best…

My Dad’s church would host a week of summer camp. They offered a morning session and an afternoon session…of course I went to both. But it was fun! I did various activities like cooking, building and racing go-karts (where I was the only girl), tennis, and baseball. Costume design/sewing or girl-focused activities held zero interest…

February 12, 2024. My cancer diagnosis day. I had a colonoscopy. The prep was way worse than the actual procedure. Because I had gone to a GI, they were looking for issues because I was bloaty and uncomfortable. The colonoscopy prep I was given was the gaviLyte solution on Super Bowl Sunday. It has a…

There are few pictures of me without some sort of sports gear. One of my earliest photos of little me is in front of our big bay window next to our kitchen table with a baseball in one hand and a bat in the other. Sports came easy to me. I was always in the…

Countdown!  It’s official! I have a surgery date to evict Babs on February 28. It will be a 1-2 night hospital stay and a several week recovery. I don’t know all the details but I have a date. A goal. The surgeon was very cautious about not having used my anus in a long time.…

When Jude was a toddler, he would do certain things, that as a mom, I felt were just “off”. One of these examples was when we were at my parents with the extended family. Jude’s cousins, ages ranging from 7-years-older than him to his own age, were playing together. Jude, however, was by himself, sitting…

I had my enema test Thursday to check for any leaks in my new piping. Great news, no leaks! But then all day I was occasionally discharging the contrast they so lovingly shoved up my booty-hole to check said piping. And to top it off, I woke up on Friday morning at 4.17am to go…

I think winter gets a bad rap. Yes, it is cold and gray and dark by 5.30pm and more gray and really, really cold at times. Ok, maybe the bad rap is legitimate. But maybe winter is misunderstood. I love the snow. Growing up, school snow days were very rare. But when they happened, it was…

When we went to visit our cousins in Upstate New York, we would sometimes stay at a place called Camp Pinnacle. No, this was not a super fun camp we got to attend as kids. Camp Pinnacle had to be the cheapest hotel in Upstate New York. Maybe because it wasn’t a hotel but a…

I have had Barbara the butthole for well over a month now. I have already had my first check of the reconnection done during surgery. Shockingly, my surgeon was very available for a scope under anesthesia on Christmas Eve. And so far, so good. What has not been good has been figuring out my ileostomy…