the autoimmune hippie.

Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry

Autoimmune Paleo Protocol

  • getting back on the (paleo) wagon

    We’ve had so many things going on in our home in the past few weeks. There have been some fabulous things: Our Sara celebrated her 15th Birthday. And my amazing cousin Blair and I finally got to go to our long awaited Lauren Daigle concert. AND my Red Sox won the World Series. If you… Read more

  • my big sick.

    I know that I’m sick. So does my family. So do my friends. So do all of you. I write about it. I take steps to deal with it. I’ve had to give up my work because of it. I’m having to regrow my hair due to it. However, in the past two years  it… Read more

  • a spoonie-get-well week.

    It’s a medical week here, with more extra doctor’s appointments and whatnot and some conditions flaring that haven’t in quite some time, in addition to my RA. So today, during the day, I got all of the sleeps. Yesterday, though, Sara and I rode with my husband to see our family, and got to visit… Read more

  • 18 months – and a good good day. =D

    Yesterday was crammed full of All. The. (Good). Things. So much to tell. First, I got a notification that it was my 18 month soberversary: I know I’ve written often about all things substance abuse and sobriety – but this is different. I was laughing at myself earlier because I used to have a drink… Read more

  • chasing dreams in magazines.

    I’ve been chasing dreams in magazines the last ten years, And the way you treat each other’s up to you, But it can’t feel all that good to be so scared, I guess I learned that too. – Stephen Kellogg, Milwaukee Last night my husband and I re-watched the movie Secretariat on Netflix. We both… Read more

  • getting back up.

    It has been the worst few days, physically and emotionally. Monday afternoon, my precious bestie left flowers and prezzies for Sara and for me on our front porch – even though she was sick herself and out of spoons to boot. She is just the very best. And the extra love was much needed. Hell… Read more

  • good stuff, rough stuff, and onward.

    First of all, after yesterday’s major issues with our older daughter, wouldn’t you know that I logged on for online church this morning and this was today’s sermon topic: Here is the link to this wonderful sermon if you want to watch it: https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/surviving-lifes-worst-moments I so needed it today. As I said yesterday, God’s got… Read more

  • feeling small.

    we are frail, we are fearfully and wonderfully made forged in the fires of human passions, choking on the fumes of selfish rage and, with these our hells and our heavens, so few inches apart we must be awfully small and not as strong as we think we are. – rich mullins   We had… Read more

  • a laid out spoonie – but on the mend.

    Do y’all remember that post from yesterday about how I was feeling better? The one I wrote and then hopped up and cleaned out my fridge – a major undertaking that I should have-  but didn’t – ask for help with – and did some other things that I desperately needed to do around my… Read more

  • melting in the Alabama heat, eating the BEST food, and feeling a little bit stronger.

    Our beloved weatherman, James Spann, just posted on his Facebook that, by in the end of the month, we are due for a major weather pattern shift here in Alabama, bringing some actual Fall weather. All this extremely heat intolerant spoonie can say is “Jesus be praised!” because it was literally 99 degrees in the… Read more