the autoimmune hippie.

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

death

  • considering the right to die with terminal illness – and sometimes without.

    *A trigger warning for this one – all the heavy things. Terminal illness, suicide, and assisted suicide are the conversation here. An area that I grapple with often, both as a nurse and as a member of the chronic illness and chronic pain communities, is the right to die, to physician assisted death. No, this… Read more

  • don’t let the old man in. for tk.

    By now, everyone has heard the terrible news that Toby Keith passed away on February 5th of stomach cancer at the awfully young age of 62. Realizing he could be a divisive figure to say the least, there are a couple of things that have stayed with me the past few days I want to… Read more