02/14/2025
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you, my loves.
The last 2 weeks have been the scariest of my life. The end of January brought one of my most favorite weekends, , but that came along with a bacterial infection of unknown origin. Hell, they still don’t even know what caused it. I apologize to all the sweethearts I met and interacted with at Fat Con because I simply was not my best. I was a (unknowingly) very sick version of myself but even still, I carry the love from that weekend with me the whole year through. After pushing myself way too hard to finish the weekend, I ended up in the urgent care only to find out I had pneumonia, with no symptoms other than a persistent fever. I headed home, thinking it would pass in a week and all would be well but in the middle of the night, I could not breathe and needed to be transported to the nearest hospital in what I later found out was “Respiratory Failure and Severe Sepsis”. They admitted me for 5.5 days to the PCU where I worked very hard to get better. After being discharged with oxygen, I rested and tried to recharge my poor body that thankfully found the strength to recover. It was so fu***ng scary. And although my lungs are on their way back to full strength, the mental toll is still hanging heavy. 💔
I wanted to shout out my sweet friends who checked on me especially .newyork .hem.brand and ❤️
Alan will be returning to tomorrow, Saturday Feb 15 and then we’ll be back sometime the week of Feb 24. Our website will be open if you want to indulge yourself with something pretty and support this small business who really just needs some more of February to recover from a traumatic experience.
Just wanted to make sure I said, on this day of love, how much I appreciate and adore all of you who allow Alan and I to create for you and adorn you with pretty sparkles. It’s seriously the best gift we’ve ever received. Hope you know how much you mean to us. ❤️
