by Leigh Edwards | Feb 4, 2023 | Piper
To the Medical Mumma I was driving on my way to the hairdresser this week and was overwhelmed by this feeling. You know, that indescribable feeling that is kept deep inside and sometimes swirls to the surface. It’s a heavy kind of feeling, sometimes you contain it and...
by Leigh Edwards | Apr 7, 2022 | Piper
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 two and half and she is a wild, joyful tornado! If you can put all those words together!? We have led a Church through a...
by Leigh Edwards | Aug 27, 2019 | Piper
When we were in Melbourne last month, I sat and wrote a blog about being pregnant and having a baby. I chose not to post it because, to be honest, it was pretty negative. I came to the point where I realised after writing the blog that, fear is so ugly, but...
by Leigh Edwards | May 3, 2019 | Piper
I can’t believe we completed the first term of Kindy. The lead up to Piper starting school was really tough for me. I remember every time I thought about the possibility of Piper going to school, the fear took over my body and I felt physically sick. The thought of...
by Leigh Edwards | Feb 1, 2019 | Piper
I Wrote a Book It’s still a foreign thought to me, that I actually wrote a book. I only told two people because I didn’t want to declare something, and like everything in my life, never stick at it for a long time. I’m honestly not sure how I completed this book, in...
by Leigh Edwards | Sep 13, 2018 | Piper
It’s R U OKAY day today. A National day of action dedicated to reminding everyone that every day is the day to ask “Are you Okay?” and to support those struggling in life. I was reluctant to write this but here I am, being vulnerable, in the hope it can encourage one...
by Leigh Edwards | Jul 10, 2018 | Piper
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” – Exodus 14:14 Do you actually believe this? I have noticed that sometimes we are focused, even consumed, with the circumstances we are living in. That the circumstance becomes our focus, it’s...
by Leigh Edwards | May 14, 2018 | Piper
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. I have been allowing the voice of the devil to run rampant in my mind, overtaking every thought I have had....
by Leigh Edwards | Feb 7, 2018 | Piper
Have you ever just stopped, sat and listened to the noises around you? One of the symptoms of 22q that Piper suffers from is severe hearing loss in both of her ears. Her middle ear is abnormal and deformed as well as her outer ears being small and uneven and the hole...
by Leigh Edwards | Oct 26, 2017 | Piper
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. The two weeks leading up...
