Thankful for the person I am
A friend told me, "thank you for always being here and for just being you," and it really had me reflect on who I am and how I got...
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Jessica Rownd
Oct 102 min read
Better Together
I knew I could do it by myself but it sure is better with a partner. It isn't often that Patrick does something by himself. He doesn't go...
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Jessica Rownd
Aug 52 min read
This is a Hard One
At diagnosis we were told that Wyatt would live into his late teens, soooo now what? He will be 18 on Thursday. I have been in a scary...
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Jessica Rownd
Apr 192 min read
It's Been 2 years!
2 years ago on 4/19/22, Wyatt came home from school early because he was having a rough day since he did not take his medicine in the...
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Jessica Rownd
Apr 96 min read
Sooo you got an Orange
On Saturday I presented at the Jett Foundation Family Workshop. I wanted to post what I presented as my newest blog. It took me a long...
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Jessica Rownd
Mar 122 min read
Stop Worrying about Dying and Start Worrying about LIVING
This weekend we chose living. Nashville and Upchurch did not disappoint. So many times I get worried about the future instead of living...
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Jessica Rownd
Jan 193 min read
DETERMINED to have a great year
It's the start of the new year and like we always say, "how did the year go by so fast?" 2024 is going to be a big year for us. Wyatt...
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Jessica Rownd
Nov 6, 20232 min read
Annual week of mixed emotions
Every year, at the end of October, I feel my emotions being all over the place. Some years I know exactly why and some years I don't...
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Jessica Rownd
Oct 24, 20231 min read
Just Thinking Outloud
Sometimes I feel like I put myself in other's lives because it's easier than focusing on the craziness of my own. Sometimes I feel like...
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Jessica Rownd
Sep 7, 20233 min read
Scream It from the Dock
It's Duchenne Awareness Day 2023 and I need to share our story again to bring awareness to our nightmare diagnosis. We live everyday...
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Jessica Rownd
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Put it in the News
I feel like I'm failing because this blog has fallen lower on my list of priorities. I know I should write because it's cathartic for me...
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Jessica Rownd
Aug 16, 20234 min read
Trying not to feel too Embarrassed
Summer has come and gone in a blink of an eye. School started on August 9. It was a pretty low key few months with not much traveling....
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Jessica Rownd
Jun 26, 20232 min read
Mom I need you, I'm Stuck!
It's been a long while since I have posted, in one way it's because we have been living and loving every moment and in another way it is...
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Jessica Rownd
May 4, 20233 min read
Into the Mystic
It has been a while since I could get myself to sit down and express all the feelings I have had over the past few weeks. The last time I...
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Jessica Rownd
Mar 28, 20233 min read
Just a year ago....
This weekend last year Patrick and I were in Fredericksburg celebrating our birthdays. We could never have imagined it would be the last...
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Jessica Rownd
Mar 1, 20233 min read
Why live your private life in public?
I heard this question on TV yesterday and it is one I ask myself quite often. My answer is: I want to help others who feel the same way...
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Jessica Rownd
Feb 17, 20233 min read
You Make Life Easier
How do I do it? Why do we do it? How can I do it better? These are questions that go through my head constantly. Last week I posted about...
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Jessica Rownd
Feb 2, 20232 min read
Love is in the Air
It's the month of LOVE and I ask why do we wait til February to show those the gift of love to everyone. There are so many times I wonder...
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Jessica Rownd
Jan 19, 20232 min read
Puzzle Pieces
Finding a place to fit is pretty difficult. Over the past few days I have been traveling with Wyatt trying to get him into a trial. My...
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Jessica Rownd
Jan 6, 20232 min read
The Bumpy Road
Why does it go by so fast? I guess it's what we all think when time passes. But sometimes it really hurts when you see the days on the...
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