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Sunrise’s Edwina Bartholomew has opened up about the “toughest time” her family has faced and how one life-changing move helped turn everything around.
While guest-editing Australian Women’s Weekly‘s July issue, Bartholomew revealed why she and her husband, Neil, ultimately walked away from city life and relocated to country NSW.
The decision was driven not only by a desire to give their children, Molly, 6, and Tom, 4, the best possible upbringing but by a need to improve their own health and wellbeing.
The couple’s decision came during a difficult period for the family, with both Bartholomew and her husband battling significant health issues.
The beloved Channel Seven star revealed her chronic myeloid leukaemia diagnosis live on Sunrise in 2024.
Edwina opened up about the real reason they moved to the country. Credit: ALANA LANDSBERRY for Australian Women’s Weekly
After managing the rare blood and bone marrow cancer with medication, she shared last year that she had reached molecular remission.
“We didn’t just come to the country to give our kids the best life possible, we wanted to do the same for ourselves,” Bartholomew said.
“The reality was that we were getting crushed in the city. Originally from Lithgow, Neil was done with the urban rat-race and wanted to return to the west.
“He was so sick with chronic fatigue that parenting wasn’t even possible.
