The Pursuit of Peace
The last time I sat down to write, I was pregnant, so.. it’s been… a while.
I’ve had another baby… well, she, Taya, is almost 2 and half and she is a wild, joyful tornado! If you can put all those words together!?
Hope Trafficker Book
I released my first book in 2019, so here it is! I’m so excited to share this with the world. I never considered myself a writer, but after I started blogging and God put on my heart to write about my unexpected journey of parenting a child with a disability, one of deep pain, but taught me that that hope can still be found. Hope in us stirs hope in others. My prayer is that after you have read my book, you will be encouraged on your own journey, that you would carry hope and be a HOPE TRAFFICKER.
Who do you say you are?
Lately, I have been having a bit of an identity crisis. I have been allowing how people see me, or think of me, or how I think they think of me, to define me. When you hear someone say something about you, do you think that is you? Like that is who you are?
Listen Up
While I don’t fully know what Piper hears without the hearing aid on, it has been described to us like being at a loud concert wearing head phones.
The Devil Loves Doubt
The last swallowing test we had for Piper we had been praying and believing for good results, we had people around us praying into this test. It had been over a year since her last one so we had been waiting a long time for this, for answers.
Dear Me
Dear 16 year old self…
The Weight of Worry
I had this horrible experience last week. I was at a café with a friend and her daughter, they had a playground and when we arrived it was packed. So many children running in all different directions. Immediately, I was already feeling a little bit overwhelmed and anxious, but I put Piper down to play and I made sure I stayed close.
What it means to tube feed my child
Feeding Tube Awareness Week is February 6 – 10 so I thought I would write about my experience with tube feeding. I knew nothing about feeding tubes or that they ever existed until we had Piper.
From where we started
I must admit I never really go into detail with Piper’s stuff, mainly because people don’t understand and I would be talking for a long time, so I shorten things and say ‘good’, it’s ‘good.’ But really it is so much more than good.
Searching For the Positive
But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress.
– Psalms 59:16
Piper’s Daddy
This man oozes strength and confidence. I’m forever thankful and grateful for this guy. I get to call him my husband, I get to love him, share our life together but most of all I get to call him Piper’s dad. The most important role in her life. I know he’s been...
“So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord!”
– Psalms 31:24
Leigh Edwards
Married at 19, I became a mum at 22 to our beautiful daughter Piper, diagnosed with 22q (22q11.2 deletion syndrome – 22q), I was taken on an unexpected journey.
Born in England I moved to Mandurah, Western Australia when I was 12. I don’t consider myself a writer, but after I started blogging about my journey of deep pain I discovered hope can be found, and hope in us stirs hope in others.
