I'm Not A "Bowel Normie" & I Still Have Three Healthy Kids

Scary Mommy
Nov. 10, 2026

My body, once a disintegrating and diseased lump of organs, had made so much life.

I became sick when I was 12. It happened out of nowhere. We were on a family trip to New York City to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square. I stood out on the Statue of Liberty’s crown, sipping the (extravagantly priced) hot chocolate my parents bought me to combat the cold, gazing in awe at the dazzling metropolis, and was suddenly overcome with nausea.