the autoimmune hippie.

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

Jesus

  • thanksgiving day 3 – spoons.

    As so much of my writing here is devoted to sharing about life with my multiple autoimmune diagnosis, today I want to say how thankful I am for God’s grace – and spoons – through all of this. (Again, I’m just catching up because of end of term stuff. This term, y’all. . . This.… Read more

  • the flare that just will not break.

    I can’t write honestly about the autoimmune life without writing about the times when things go awry and nobody on my medical team or I can seem to help or figure out why. This latest flare I’ve been sharing about has hit my whole body with overwhelming fatigue and generalized pain – but also come… Read more

  • 100,000 – so grateful.

    I got this notification of 100,000 views here on The Autoimmune Hippie a few days ago and I wanted to thank you all for reading along with me for these past six years now and also to express how grateful I am for all the blessings that I’ve been given in the midst of this… Read more

  • remembering metastatic breast cancer awareness day and our lindsey.

    Most people know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month but many may not be familiar with Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, which falls on the 13th. (As it happened, I was still fighting my way out of the midterm zoo and dealing with an unpleasant flare situation on that day – so we are… Read more

  • standing in awe.

    When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him? – Psalm 8:3-4 (ESV) If you haven’t seen them yet, the latest Webb Telescope images… Read more

  • thanksgiving thursdays.

    Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 I feel like a broken record saying it has been a stressful week – however that is just the truth. This term has brought a couple of classes that… Read more

  • a happy surprise to start my fall semester. hail state.

    After wrapping up my dread first round of math-ing, I’ve had a couple of weeks off between terms before Fall semester starts next week. I’ve been working on several projects here at home I hope to have finished – I’ll share when we are done 🙂 – before classes, especially some things we’ve been doing… Read more

  • goodbye summer semester 2022 (hail state.)

    I know I haven’t been gone long, only a few days actually – but it feels like much longer – because Finals Week time is its own special kind of hell that has to be experienced to be understood. This is particularly true when a poor unfortunate soul – your girl – is hanging on… Read more

  • for thought.

    Yesterday I came across some deeply upsetting information about all these changes as a result of the new SCOTUS ruling and specifically how they are going to affect the autoimmune community – and not even those of us who are pregnant (not that it is the business of SCOTUS). Anyway, it is a terribly serious… Read more

  • 50.

    He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. – Deuteronomy 10:18-19 (NIV) Last night while I was talking to my husband, I got the devastating… Read more