Working with images in Indesign

I am a whole month into my first Tech Writing position and I am quickly losing what's left of my hair.
I am working on a document that was put together by my predecessor. It is a simple application note for a new software feature and has multiple images in it. Pretty basic formatting; image below the text refering to it, centered. The images have been placed with a text wrap (jump object). My problem comes when editing or replacing the text above the image. The image will stay in it's orientation to the page while the text continues to move. For example.
The document starts as:
XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
image
I want to change it to:
XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
image
But I am getting:
XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
image
XXXXXXXXXXX
I realize that I may be asking for the impossible, but nothing ever changes when we just accept the status quo.
Thanks in advance for any help.

You can paste the image back into the text as an anchored object. Simple.
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/indesign/articles/indcs2at_anchor_print.html

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