LATELY, I’VE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT HOW MUCH MY LIFE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY “INVENTIONS” & PEOPLE (1 was a man named Jack Rushton, who I admire cuz he helped me so much in the beginning, & was so pivotal in the attitude i have now! I wrote about him here: http://www.jenannlynn.org/files/way-out-way-through.pdf )

WHEN I HAD MY STROKE, I SAW MY LIFE PLANS SHATTERED…I CERTAINLY NEVER SAW MYSELF BEING FILMED BY MORMON MESSAGES, BEING IN 3 MAGAZINES, OR BEING IN A BRITSH MEDICAL JOURNAL, & THAT I’D STILL TEACH! 8.5 YRS AGO, IF I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT MY FUTURE HELD THOSE KINDS OF THINGS 4 ME, I WOULD’VE LAUGHED, & ASKED HOW THAT WAS POSSIBLE! ALL I WANTED WAS TO BE A MOM—I NEVER DREAMED I’D BE AS ACTIVE IN MY KIDS LIVES AS I AM, & ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE HELPED ME, AS WELL!

C.S. Lewis wrote, “Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of—throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace.”

AS A STROKE SURVIVOR, I HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS. BUT THERE ARE NOT MANY BRAINSTEM STROKE SURVIVORS, & EVERY SURVIVOR IS DIFFERENT, SO THERE IS NOT A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THOSE NEEDS 2 BE TAKEN CARE OF. STILL, I OCCASIONALLY COME ACROSS A WONDERFUL “INVENTION” THAT SEEMS 2 BE BUILT JUST 4 ME! I KNOW IT’S NOT, & SERVES A PURPOSE 4 MANY OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, BUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS, SO MAYBE ANOTHER FEATURE SEEMS MADE 4 SOMEONE ELSE! BUT THERE SEEMS 2 BE A PARTINCLUDED THAT WASN’T NECESSARY 4 MANY OTHER PEOPLE, BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL 4 ME…IT RE-AFFIRMS MY BELIEF THAT GOD KNOWS ME PERSONALLY, & HENOT ONLY HAS A PLAN FOR ME, BUT HAS HAD AN ACTIVE PART IN MY LIFE, SO THAT PLAN IS EXECUTED.

BUT SO THIS ISN’T THE WORLD’S LONGEST POST, I WILL WRITE SEVERAL POSTS ABOUT THESE “INVENTIONS” & PEOPLE, & HOW THEY’VE AFFECTED ME…

I’VE BEEN TRYING NOT 2 POST, SO EVERY1 WOULD SEE OUR CHRISTMAS VIDEO, BUT SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN, THAT I DON’T KNOW WHERE 2 START!
I’VE BEEN KEEPING TABS ON THE THINGS I’VE TYPED SINCE MY LAST POST (ESSENTIALLY POSTING 2 MYSELF! LOL, SO I MAY WRITE ANOTHER VERY LONG POST! BUT 4 NOW, I’LL BE SOMEWHAT BRIEF.

4 QUITE AWHILE, I’VE BEEN TRYING 2 WORK UP THE NERVE 2 TALK, & NOT SIGN, ALL DAY. I’VE DONE IT 4 BRIEF PERIODS…& I DON’T CARE 2 DISCUSS THEM. BUT I KEEP CHICKENING OUT OF DOING IT 4 A LONGER PERIOD. HOWEVER, I WANT MY 1ST TRY 2 HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT BEING A POSITIVE EXPIERIENCE, & I FEEL LIKE I’M NEAR A “PEAK” IN MY “SPEAKING CYCLE.” HOWEVER, I’M AFRAID OF IT NOT STAYING MUCH LONGER THIS MONTH…I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I CAN’T CHICKEN OUT OF DOING IT IF I POST IT—SO I’M TRYING IT SUNDAY (2MORROW).

I USUALLY STRUGGLE THE FIRST TIME I TRY SOMETHING, BUT I KNOW IT GETS BETTER THE NEXT TIME I DO IT. COME SPEAK WITH ME IF YOU SEE ME, HOWEVER PEOPLE NEED TO GIVE ME A CHANCE 2 RESPOND, BE PATIENT WITH ME, & TRY NOT TO FINISH MY WORDS. I MAY NOT GET TO SAY MORE THAN A COUPLE WORDS, BUT THAT IS OKAY. JUST DON’T GATHER IN A LARGE GROUP AND GIVE ME PERFORMANCE ANXIETY., OR TRY TO COMFORT ME IF YOU THINK I AM ANXIOUS! (MK DOES THIS WELL. HE MIGHT LOOK INSENSATIVE,BUT IT HELPS KEEP MY PBA IN CHECK.) PLEASE TRY TO ENCOURAGE ME TO TALK RATHER THAN RELYING ON ASL. ALSO, LIE TO ME A TELL ME HOW GOOD I SOUND. YOU ARE EACH ALLOWED 1 TIME TO SAY MY “WOOKIE’ LANGUAGE IS GETTING BETTER.

SO MUCH FOR BEING BRIEF!

ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY BLOG, IS A LINK TO MY YOU-TUBE PAGE, WHICH HAS MANY OF THE VIDEO’S U’VE SEEN (LIKE “JENNY’S STORY, OR THE INTRO 2 ME, OR ME SAYING THE ALPHABET, OR MY OLD BYU ACAPELLA GROUP, THAT SHOWS ME SINGING…) HOWEVER, MY DAD WAS INTERVIEWED FOR AN INVESTING MAGAZINE, & THEY WROTE ABOUT ME TOO (THE STORY IS FROM THE DECEMBER 24, 2012 ISSUE OF FORTUNE. IN THE INVESTOR’S GUIDE–WHICH HAS A COVER WITH GOLD STACKS PICTURED), & AS IT WAS ASSEMBLED, IT REMINDED & MOTIVATED ME 2 ADD THESE VIDEOS:

JENNY LYNN (MOM) GIVES WHEELCHAIR WAGON RIDES TO ZACH (7), JESSIE (5), & SOPHIE (3):

ZACH LYNN,6 YEARS OLD, TRIES OUT MOM’S TILT TABLE–UPSIDE DOWN!:

SOPHIE LYNN WEARS A PACIFIER “TRACHE” TO THE PARTY CELEBRATING MOM’S TRACHE REMOVAL:

WHEN JENNY LYNN HAD ALL 3 TUBES (A TRACHE, CATHTER, & FEEDING TUBE) REMOVED, HER HUSBAND, MARK, THREW HER A TUBE PARTY, WHERE EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED HAD TO WEAR TUBES–SO JENNY WAS THE ONLY PERSON NOT WEARING TUBES.

THE ATTENDEES HAD ALL HAD A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN JENNY’S PROGRESS, SO MARK HAD MADE THE VIDEO (NAMED “JENNY’S STORY” ON YOUTUBE) TO SHOW AT THE PARTY.

MUSIC:
“Fatboy Slim” from Moulin Rouge: