the autoimmune hippie.

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

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  • seven days of thanksgiving. day 1.

    Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (CSB) Well, ’tis a chilly rainy day here (yay for fall, I say) and I’m snoodled up doing some school work. Home health has been out earlier this morning – and this foot of mine is pretty… Read more

  • recovering from scary sick.

    The Lord your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing. – Zephaniah 3:17 (BSB) I’m writing again from my cozy spot, beyond thankful to be home with my people as so much… Read more

  • gratitude – and an important awareness day to remember (and why this little bulldog will get some fresh orange flowers today).

    I’ve started no fewer than six posts about my week last week, telling y’all that I missed posting on World Arthritis Day because I was incredibly sick, and that I also missed The Dead show I was incredibly (oh so very) excited for that same day – both because I was sick and because I’m… Read more

  • practicing resurrection.

    Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry This favorite quote from Wendell Berry actually came to my mind on Sunday afternoon while I was virtually attending the memorial service for my precious, hilariously funny, full of life friend Jamie. Even through my tears,… Read more

  • lions and tigers and flares, oh my! (and falls and gnarly injuries too)

    (So often I want to write about things other than autoimmune disease and spoonie life – but I also think it’s important to share just how delicate our chronically ill ecosystems are. Life starts happening, with the bad things everyone has to walk through sometimes, then our spoonie bodies respond with symptoms, then those snowball,… Read more

  • talking about life and death, covid and sick days, and loving others through these times.

    This is attempt number five to write this post because my thoughts are in a million places – and this time I’ve decided it’s best to just put it all out there and publish. . . so this one may be a bit. . . scattered. Scattered is appropriate though, I think, as these recent… Read more

  • tales of my post-op week – and looking forward to writer’s conference.

    Oh, the beauty of the King You make righteous those who seek You have written and redeemed my story Let my eyes see Your kingdom shine all around Let my heart overflow with passion for Your name Let my life be a song, revealing who You are For You are salt and light Oh, the… Read more

  • early morning thoughts and gratitudes after a sickly week.

    It’s 3:09 AM and this adorable guy is snoring next me, noggin buried in his commandeered pillows. ❤ And this guy is in his spot at my feet – until I snoodle up to sleep later, when he’ll climb up and sleep on my lap all night. ❤ I’ve finished my Maymester Sociology work for… Read more

  • on the road again, loving our lindsey, and (finally) hugging my bestie once more.

    On Saturday, Sara and I hit the road and headed to Paris, Tennessee, our sweet Lindsey’s hometown, for her Celebration of Life at the Convention Center there. I had never been to Paris before – and the Celebration was so perfectly Lindsey. There were pictures everywhere (she was a total picture person like me), wonderfully… Read more

  • the beast and the beauty of it.

    We have to learn that what cannot be cured must be endured. – Montaigne Last week, I started rereading a book that I just loved, written by a fabulous lady, Nina Riggs, who died in her late thirties from breast cancer. She writes with astounding clarity and wisdom and even humor of her experience walking… Read more