by Leonie Dawson | Oct 10, 2011 | Leonie's Podcast, Most Powerful Stories, Most Powerful Stories for /about, Parenting
________________ My loves, this is the longest post I’ve ever written – it’s now over 8000 words. It’s taken me many months to write, and two years to live. I wanted to tell my story so it may help other souls who’ve gone through a dark...
by Leonie Dawson | Jun 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Photographs by our doula Rachel, Birth in Harmony Dearest Baby Mermaid Where do I begin the story of how you came into the world? Do I begin when I was sixteen, and saw you as I stood in the shower: a beautiful, wide blue eyed angel with golden curls? I bent down in...
by Leonie Dawson | Oct 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
When I was a child, I used to pray every night. Feverish prays, hoping that if I could name all the worst things in the world, they wouldn’t happen to. Dear God, please don’t let anyone in my family die. Please stop the drought. Please don’t let the...
by Leonie Dawson | Aug 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
I met some dear friends for lunch some time ago. They’d just returned from a long holiday overseas, and we were catching up on all our life news and stories from adventures. “So what’s new with you Leonie?” Well, I’ve been painting,...
