“He looked at me with seriousness and said, ‘Ash, go get it checked out. What will it hurt?’ I kept thinking it’d get better. I immediately became hot, having heart palpitations and tears started rolling down over my temple into my ears.”
‘I received the terrifying phone call nobody ever wants to receive, ‘Are you in a safe place to talk?’ I hung up the phone, losing my breath. ‘Stay with me. Stay right here with me.’
‘I’ve never mentioned this, but your dad was in Vietnam and was around that toxic chemical called Agent Orange.’
“Flash forward to 38 years old. I was diagnosed with cancer, again. AND, was going through a painful divorce.”
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“Knowing cancer cells were multiplying in my body was a helpless feeling. She is a fighter already just like her momma, she is our miracle baby.”
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“With my son leading and the lesson heavy on my heart, we walked on as we picked up and kept broken seashells.”
