the autoimmune hippie.

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

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  • checking back in.

    Hi, sweet friends. It feels very much like I’ve been “checked out” recently, with illness and hospital stays and new challenges as I learn to handle these additional diagnoses that have come my way. Since I last posted, there have been a few misadventures with illness and the emergency room and needing fluids as this… Read more

  • we have a manuscript.

    Y’all, I’m so happy to share that – after several busy weeks and months – we have a manuscript completed for my book. I am so excited – and exhausted as well. 😂 Here in the Hippie Hut, we’ve had a storm system come through that took us from 80 degrees yesterday to literally snowing… Read more

  • 42 day countdown.

    Y’all, I’ve been working diligently on my book project – that will be coming out this Summer (gahhh!) – but I didn’t realize until I added a countdown widget to my phone today that I am down to 42 days to my draft due date. Holy moly! So exciting and so so much to do.… Read more

  • exciting book news.

    Despite a puny start to my week, I am so stoked to share some wonderful book news: with our SCWC publishing, I’ll be reworking my existing ebook, Grace, Somgs, Scripture, and Spoons, and adding 20 more meditations to it – and it will be released in paperback next year in time for conference. I am… Read more

  • may in pictures – 4.

    Cheryl Strayed is one of my favorite authors, quoted often here, and a quick search revealed ten posts related to her work on my blog. My most recent post was this one, filled with favourite quotes of hers: The Autoimmune Hippie – A Day With Cheryl Strayed. All that to say, I have been incredibly… Read more

  • happy world blogger day.

    WordPress friends, Happy World Blogger Day! I received a notification last week that I have been here for eight years now. In that time, I have shared my experiences with autoimmune disease, becoming much more frighteningly ill than I could have ever imagined – and I’m still here. ❤ We continue to discuss autoimmune issues… Read more

  • ’twas the day before conference. . .

    Every year I write about our Southern Christian Writer’s Conference – lead by my Cheryl Wray and her sweet family – and every year it is a wonderful weekend of being with our SCWC people and learning and fellowship and worship. And it is starting tomorrow! (One more sleep. . . I feel like a… Read more

  • take your poet to work day. yes really. :)

    So, y’all, it turns out that every July 20th is Take Your Poet to Work Day – a day in which you print out a version of your favorite poet and carry him or her with you to work (or wherever you are going) and post pictures and whatnot. It’s kind of like a Word… Read more

  • some levity for this time.

    I awakened in the late AM on my weird sleep schedule to the world on fire on Friday with abortion and gun control and the news and social media moving ninety to nothing and just unrest all around. As it happens, this summer is kind of a weird and heavy time in my work where… Read more

  • this writing life.

    Yesterday, after I published my post, I got this notification of a pretty exciting milestone from WordPress: 500 posts since we started here. And, in that time, many a school essay. And one SCWC collective Christmas book.  And my first book of devotionals.  Plus one virtual SCWC writer’s conference – and two in person conferences… Read more