by makejoystudio | Jul 6, 2021 | Jenn's Story
Today was running day 33 of my 60-day 5k training on my app for the treadmill. I have been walking/running off and on for a long time now, but this has been my first consistent training since probably 2017, so I was nervous when I made the decision to start Day 1....
by makejoystudio | Jul 5, 2021 | Jenn's Story
Hi everyone! Welcome to The Joyful Dazzle! We’re so excited to launch The Joyful Dazzle and have a place to share our stories with you as we continue our journeys with Paraganglioma (a very rare disease). I’m Jenn (if you don’t know already) and I...
by makejoystudio | May 28, 2021 | Jenn's Story
Probably nobody wants to go back to a year ago (May 2020). Graduation ceremonies were canceled, summer vacations were canceled, and everyone had been stuck isolated in their homes for about two months at this point. My family—we were still on endless,...
by makejoystudio | May 24, 2021 | Jenn's Story
I haven’t journaled in almost a month. I’ve written down thoughts, but not just opened my mind and wrote it down without interruption. Maybe I don’t want to think about the cancer. There. Lingering. Maybe I just want to believe I am going to be...
by makejoystudio | Mar 1, 2021 | Jenn's Story
About a month before my cancer diagnosis, my husband and I were talking about our self-destructive habits. I said we need to work on making our daily routines happier in order to replace these destructive habits. I knew I had these health tests and scans coming up...
by makejoystudio | Feb 10, 2021 | Jenn's Story
Maybe I was just tired? Maybe he was too? But politics was a stupid thing to argue so loudly about as we laid down for bed. I get sooo mad when I am misunderstood. I am not saying I am right all the time, but when someone completely misunderstands what I am saying and...
