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Jess's Journal

Our blog, Jess’s Journal, is a compilation of inspiring and uplifting stories written by Jess Armstrong, Peyton’s mom and co-founder of Peyton’s Potion.

Jess's Journal

Big Rocks

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about something from Peyton’s cancer years that affects me still to this day.  It is an insight I cannot help but be grateful for, and I believe Peyton is too.  S...

My Amazing Cousin Abby

Today, February 15th marks eight years from when my cancer treatment ended. This day is as exciting as my birthday!! I remember how grateful I felt that it was all over. Really over. I couldn’t bel...

Many More Yeses

We live in a world in 2022 where two opposing mindsets seem to prevail. One has an acronym– FOMO– “fear of missing out”, which results in saying “yes” basically to everything for no other reason th...

A Holiday Note From Peyton

December 7, 2021 Happy holidays everyone! I hope this season has been treating you well and you’ve been able to enjoy yourselves. Every year this time, I remember the feeling of both hope and worr...

Momento

For Peyton on October 19, 2021: Peyton, remember when you were given an airplane pin by the flight medic as you began your journey with cancer that stormy day in October?  Who would have thought...

Hailey & Peyton

With this month being childhood cancer awareness month, Peyton's sister, Hailey and her husband Adam, are getting the word out about Peyton's Potion and our donations to childhood cancer research ...

Uniting To End Children's Cancer

Everyday, for the last 11 years, I start my day off with giving thanks that Peyton is alive. This past weekend, at the CureSearch fundraising walk held in Denver, Colorado, I thought -- what if w...

The Laser Focused Approach to Curing Children's Cancer

Jess in Conversation with Laura Hancock, Campaign Development Manager for CureSearch for Children’s Cancer Hello Laura, it’s a pleasure to interview you about one of my favorite things in the world...

Jess's Letter to Representative Lauren Boebert

May 1, 2021 Jessica ArmstrongCarbondale, CO The Honorable Lauren Boebert1609 Longworth House Office BuildingWashington, DC, 20515-0603Phone: (202) 225-4761 Dear Representative Boebert: I am writing...

Dear Parents of Children with Cancer,

Peyton with his sister and brother, Hailey and Ian. Dear Parents of Children with Cancer, I have been thinking about you, as I have so often. I think about what you are feeling and thinking from...

The Way of Love

Love itself describes its own perfection. Be speechless and listen.  ~ Rumi I cannot look at this photo of young Rachel Staheli washing Peyton’s hair without remembering what it was like to wat...

Peyton’s Potion, the “Zen Formula”

Behind every extraordinary product is an equally extraordinary expert. Recently, I had the pleasure of talking with Cory Kletecka, the specialist from Pranarom USA, who reformulated our recipe for ...

Miracle on 7th Street

It’s a snowy morning in late December 2010 and I’m walking into a hair salon with a gallon-size ziplock bag in my hand. The hair salon is on 7th street in downtown Glenwood Springs, Colorado. You’d...

22

Twenty-two. My favorite number! There are 22 people whose names I do not know, but I always think about them at Thanksgiving time when I make my mental list of what I am grateful for in my life. Le...

Clouds

October 19th. This is the day when I looked out the window from the 7th floor of Children’s Hospital Colorado oncology unit in Denver and particularly noticed how the orange, red, and yellow leaves...

Hold On

Peyton's singing let the light in during the heaviness of childhood cancer. It helped us hold on, heal, remain uplifted, and helped others understand a positive way to deal with hardships.

One Thousand Paper Cranes

One day, 1,000 paper cranes, trailing gold dust, flew to Peyton and lifted him up so high that he could see into the future. He could see babies, children, their parents and families sleeping peace...

The Art of Making Things Better

It Was Just the Beginning The first week of Peyton’s cancer diagnosis was like being catapulted into a tornado. So much happened in mere days — a sudden flight in the middle of the night to Denver...

The Anticipation of Memories

The ending of Peyton’s treatment and his stepping back into life without the constant focus on treating cancer was something that I longed to journal about. I remember wondering What would I write...

I Can Hear Your Heart Digesting

Kids Say the Darndest Things By the time Peyton was in his preschool years, I had a journal half-filled with the silly and the wise things he would say. He was so vocal and expressive a...