She is (trying to be) Mighty

Hi friends. I hope you are well. I have missed you here.

I have been fighting my Autoimmune Encephalitis HARD lately. I had 3 mega steroid IVs at the hospital 3 days in a row, a pretty high dose of oral steroids, other immunosuppressing drugs, and now my IVIG weekly for 12 weeks, then every other week for 12 weeks, then back to monthly. I lost my mind again, I have been on my knees begging God not to let me live this nightmare over yet again. But, here I am. It has been 3 weeks since the hospital. I see small improvements. I know I do. I struggle minute to minute every day to think, and I feel anxious and foggy and like I am having seizures over and over in my head all day, but the nights are a little clearer. So, I wanted to do something I love and have not been able to do - just a frivolous, fun blog about fashion. I am sure my mom was even shocked when I asked her to take my picture today. She has been taking good care of me and loving me through the hard moments and hard days. Today I saw some friends for lunch, I took medicine to keep me calm, I fought the hard times, and here we are - I am getting through 1 more day. I hope tomorrow is better and the weeks keep looking up. I have to hold hope for that so I won't give up. If you are going through anything hard, just know we can do it together.

Details:

• Makeup: 
• https://www.maskcarabeauty.com/gretchencannon
• Enter party #6505 at checkout 
• Colors:
• Amber & Sunlight Highlight 
• Stone Contour 
• Desert Sunset Blush & Lip 
• Rose Gold Illuminator 
• Vanilla Dust Powder & Cayman Bronzer 
• Jeans: (found mine at Nordstrom Rack)
• Tee: Exact (& Similar) 
• Necklace: (This brand - couldn't find exact)
• Smaller Necklace: Exact (gift from my friend Adi) 
• Earrings: Exact
• Bracelet: 1 is Wear Bracha, a few are Alex & Ani, and the others were custom made 
• Purse: (2nd hand site) 
• Purse Charm: Key Fob (exact not shown)
• Book in my purse: Reading now!
• Sandals: (Gold)
• Nail Color: Opi

I hope you enjoyed this blog post. I hope I can do more soon. 

I miss you all and I miss living live happy and healthy the most. 

Thank you for everyone who checks on me and prays for me. 

I couldn't fight this without every single one of you, every day. 

XOXO,

Gretchen