the autoimmune hippie.

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

spoonie life.

  • this is 44.

    As you can see from the collage of pictures in today’s featured image, I turned 44 with the plague and holding the hand of the flare bear. We started the morning at my family practitioner’s office, getting antibiotics for the yuck that has found me as well as injections because – while I’ve been dealing… Read more

  • my 14 days of 44: day 10 – school (and cow) bells are ringing for the bulldogs this week.

    As unfortunately is pretty much a usual thing, I have been fighting off a flare and and maybe some kind of ailment the past several days – I feel rough-rough (ugh) – so I am sorry to have been MIA – but I am trying my best to rally because yesterday, the 17th, was the… Read more

  • my 14 days of 44: day 5 – our fighting words friday after a stormy and flare-y few days

    Today is day five of my 14 days of 44 – and I hate that I had to miss days three and four. As is being reported all over the news, a huge storm system came through my state yesterday, causing severe thunderstorms as well as tornados and a huge shift in temperature. One of… Read more

  • our first fighting words friday of 2023 – deuteronomy 31:8

    This year I am committed to having our fighting words Friday – with a different scripture to meditate on – each week. (We all know what finals week looks like in these parts – so those weeks may just be a “hello,” our scripture, an “I love y’all,” and a “send help” 🙂 – but… Read more

  • 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

  • prolonged flare + increased pred = sick little spoonie.

    Hi, friends. I’m sorry to have been sort of MIA these past few weeks. I hope y’all had a fantastic Halloween. ❤ Here in the Hippie Hut, I’ll begin with the good news: our beautiful daughter’s 19th birthday. It was so much fun getting to celebrate our sweet Sara Bug at her Halloween themed party… 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

  • and suddenly my crps is making itself known.

    It’s been awhile since I’ve written in any detail about my CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) because – though my long term sort of systemic symptoms are always with me now – I actually had begun to hope that perhaps the acute phase of it was in remission. (It turns out that is not the… Read more

  • world arthritis day (a little late).

    Though I’m running a little late for our annual World Arthritis Day talk (it actually falls on October 12th) – another one that had to wait a bit as I was crawling to the finish line of the midterms – I still think it is important that we talk about it each year here. So.… Read more

  • oh, the flare bear.

    After being happy that I managed a busy Thursday – ironically to prep for the weekend – my body absolutely said enough. Friday, I just could not get going properly, with more naps than your average preschooler, dealing with achy – achy – joints, and my hands just not cooperating. I was really hoping –… Read more