Babies generally void their bowels when the need presents itself. However, as soon as we can make decisions for ourselves—around the same age we start to walk—we learn to suppress this "call to stool." Learning to control one's bowels is an important developmental step, but some of us ...
“God no.” “Indigestion?” “Worse.” “It can’t be all that bad.” “You wouldn’t say that if you were an antelope.” I rush around to the front of the chair. “Come on, now. That’s ridiculous.” But the words are barely out of my mouth before I see my father. There...