the autoimmune hippie.

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

spoonie life.

  • still with this flu.

    Y’all, I was telling my better half earlier this evening – as I hugged him and went to lay back down at 7:45 – that I STILL feel just awful from last week’s flu. These symptoms just refuse to get packing. Additionally, I had yet another round of nausea and GI symptoms tonight when I… Read more

  • ten foods.

    People who love to eat are always the best people. – Julia Child Yesterday, I saw a blog post where the writer had listed her ten very favorite – fancy type – foods – and it was a yummy looking list, I must say. It got me thinking, however, about a list of my own. … Read more

  • melting.

    Here in the Deep South, we are experiencing our first gnarly extreme heat wave of the summer with heat indexes expected to be between 104 and 107 all week. Oh my word. While that isn’t pleasant anyway – and you lulu summer loving people should probably just carry on now and return for my next… Read more

  • flu.

    I had a fabulous time with my people at Southern Christian Writers Conference last weekend. It was so good to see everyone and I learned so much. ❤ Unfortunately, after we all got home, several among us have gotten really sick with the dread C-19 – and we are all praying that our friends mend… Read more

  • seeing the miracle of my orchids.

    I’ve turned into quite the plant lady during this pandemic and my planting and porch gardening are soothing in ways I never expected. It is calming for this *very* anxious soul – whose anxiety (like everyone else’s) has certainly intensified times a thousand since March of 2020. (And my Sara Bug has JUST sent me… Read more

  • heavy & honest things.

    The notes for this post have grown – and found several unexpected turns – in the past few weeks as I’ve been wrapping up Spring Semester. It’s always a wild ride at the end of term – but this one especially since I had some pretty substantial hospital and sick time so I had projects… Read more

  • what is this life. . . (from a grateful little spoonie)

    Some 25 years ago, high school senior Miranda saved my Mississippi State letters and goodies from trips over to visit campus in my scrapbook (that is now a bit, umm, aged – like its owner. hehe). Later, I would be so upset when I didn’t get to go – and I certainly could have never… Read more

  • feeling the ill part of this chronic business.

    I’ve been chasing myself these past several days since discharge, getting caught up with school from the hospital while these antibiotics are kicking my arse and I am so freaking tired (it never fails). That said, I was on the phone with my husband while he was at work one day last week when my… Read more

  • following the trial of a fatal medication error – both as a nurse and as an inpatient.

    Back in 2019, I wrote a lengthy post about a nurse who made a medication. . . error?. . . that resulted in a patient death. However, the case was extreme – negligence to say the least – and it was just horrifying to read, well beyond what any nurse would call a simple “error”… Read more

  • a view (again) from the 8th floor.

    Over this past weekend, I became terribly ill. As is often the case, it initially appeared to be a CRPS flare. In fact, it IS a CRPS flare. It was just apparent by Monday morning that it also involved an infection in my feet that might also be systemic.  So it was time to return… Read more