the autoimmune hippie.

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

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  • good friday 2023.

    Happy Good Friday, y’all. I am so sorry it’s been so long. I have been adjusting to some insane fatigue that is coming and going with this post-Covid business. I have several doctor’s appointments over the coming months to address all of these symptoms that have come my way. I also do have some good… Read more

  • post-covid fatigue & my bum thumb.

    So, y’all, it’s been a full month today since my positive Covid test – but really about five weeks since I got sick – and I am still dealing with post-Covid fatigue that is overwhelming. I’m used to autoimmune fatigue – so I think that is why maybe this has caught me so off guard.… Read more

  • happy st. patrick’s day 2023

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everybody. ❤ St. Patrick’s Day is particularly dear to my heart as one of my very favorite peoples lives in Ireland and so today I thought it would be good to remember the actual meaning of St. Patrick’s Day and also to celebrate it with some lovely Irish blessings as well.… Read more

  • chronic illness and covid recovery.

    Hey, friends. It feels like it’s been awhile, longer than I had planned for sure. This Covid recovery business has really been something – as I know it often is for everyone – but I’m finding that working on getting back to 100% for an autoimmune patient (at least this one) is a drawn out… Read more

  • days 5 – 7 of our lenten scripture – as the plague is lingering on.

    Hey, everyone. I am still with the Covid symptoms – but my o2 sats are holding steady and I am so incredibly thankful for that. Yesterday, being that I am at the end of my Paxlovid, I decided to retest for Covid, thinking that, even though I feel awful, quite often a person will have… Read more

  • lenten scripture days 3 & 4 – and still with the covid too.

    Today’s post is both day 3 and day 4 of our Lenten Scripture Plan – because this Covid business is rough I say. First, our Scripture. Day 3: Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters. – Isaiah 55:1 (NIV) Day 4: He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out… Read more

  • day 2 of lent (with a side of covid)

    Well, y’all, today didn’t go exactly as planned. Of course, this week has been a sick week – but my chest has continued to be congested and this morning it was just really tight, reminiscent of childhood asthma and feeling a way I haven’t experienced in many many years – so I knew something new… Read more

  • lent 2023 – day 1 – ash wednesday.

    Hi, everyone. Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season, 40 days (not including Sundays) that we prepare our hearts for Easter. While the Ash Wednesday service is so meaningful and beautiful – and I hated to miss it – this year, I am still sickly so sitting with other church members for… Read more

  • a scary sick weekend

    Well, y’all, when I was writing to you last week about how we were getting over being under the weather here in the Hippie Hut, it turns out we so were not. On Friday, I was feeling very unwell throughout the day, taking my second antibiotic prescription, and resting – but just yuck with a… Read more

  • happy heart day, y’all.

    Here in the Hippie Hut, we found ourselves a little under the weather this Valentine’s Day. My better half wasn’t feeling well at all – but went to work anyway as he so often does. I took our daughter to work early this morning, came back home and gave all of our fur babies their… Read more