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BLINK Publishing Strong Life, loss and eternal love for my daughter.
Strong Life, loss and eternal love for my daughter ABISBOOK BLINK Publishing.
288 pages, Paperback
Published March 14, 2024
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November 10, 2024
I listened to Safiyya’s heartbreaking book back in 2022 about losing her 8 month old daughter Azaylia to a rare form of leukaemia - AML. When I recently saw Ashley’s book come up in the Audible deals, I did feel that it wasn’t fair of me to only hear one side, the mother’s side of the grief journey so clicked purchase and hit play.
Ashley had a wild ride before becoming a father to Azaylia. He had flirted with fame, making a name for himself on reality shows like Take Me Out and Ex on the Beach, but also trying to make it as a footballer. He was no stranger to hospitals when their lives changed when Azaylia was admitted into Birmingham Children’s hospital at only 8 weeks old. Although his injuries and operations were more career altering than life ending, he knew what to do. He refers to this as their Club 100 rules, they stayed positive, they looked for solutions, they campaigned. They did everything they could to prolong Azaylia’s life.
Now in the aftermath, Ashley and Safiyya have separated, but they continue to work together with Azaylia’s foundation. Ashley continues to educate the stark reality of only 3% of NHS’s cancer funding goes into children’s cancers, illustrating why they’re behind in some of the treatments and training that is provided elsewhere in the world, Singapore. He continues to campaign and fundraise through marathons, ultramarathons and many other exceptional challenges. This or this was definitely his way of coping, compartmentalising and coming to terms with losing Azaylia. He doesn’t shy away from the dark days, he admits he was drinking in excess, that he suffered from suicidal ideation and that he felt worse after some of these big physical challenges ended. He knows his coping skills have to be long term and consistent and can’t just be him running from one big challenge to the next.
If you’ve listened to Safiyya’s book, I would still recommend and if you haven’t, you still should. Of course it’s heart breaking and painful, but it’s still a story that needs to be heard.
Ashley had a wild ride before becoming a father to Azaylia. He had flirted with fame, making a name for himself on reality shows like Take Me Out and Ex on the Beach, but also trying to make it as a footballer. He was no stranger to hospitals when their lives changed when Azaylia was admitted into Birmingham Children’s hospital at only 8 weeks old. Although his injuries and operations were more career altering than life ending, he knew what to do. He refers to this as their Club 100 rules, they stayed positive, they looked for solutions, they campaigned. They did everything they could to prolong Azaylia’s life.
Now in the aftermath, Ashley and Safiyya have separated, but they continue to work together with Azaylia’s foundation. Ashley continues to educate the stark reality of only 3% of NHS’s cancer funding goes into children’s cancers, illustrating why they’re behind in some of the treatments and training that is provided elsewhere in the world, Singapore. He continues to campaign and fundraise through marathons, ultramarathons and many other exceptional challenges. This or this was definitely his way of coping, compartmentalising and coming to terms with losing Azaylia. He doesn’t shy away from the dark days, he admits he was drinking in excess, that he suffered from suicidal ideation and that he felt worse after some of these big physical challenges ended. He knows his coping skills have to be long term and consistent and can’t just be him running from one big challenge to the next.
If you’ve listened to Safiyya’s book, I would still recommend and if you haven’t, you still should. Of course it’s heart breaking and painful, but it’s still a story that needs to be heard.
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