Love For Ashley

Ashley turned 11 years old a couple days ago on July 30. It is hard to believe how far she has come from the weak very sick yellow baby to this beautiful pre -teen. I remember when Ashley's surgeon came to us, told us that Ashley would only live to see her first birthday if she received a liver transplant in time; she was six weeks old at the time. Can you imagine? It seems so long ago but the memory is so fresh that it feels like it was yesterday. We were told to take her home, enjoy her for as long as we have her. But today she is eleven years and two days old...she made it well past her first birthday. Doctors don't know everything. We celebrated Ashley's birthday surrounded by family in Alabama. Ashley adores being around her cousins especially the eldest girls, Marisa and Heather. These girls may be 5 and 6 years older than Ashley butI think they love being around her as much as Ashley loves being around them. Family is everything and I do not know where we ...

Correction: The Love for Ashley website will be removed on August 15. If you have tried logging onto Ashley's website, loveforashley.com, you may have noticed that it has been removed. We received notification that the domain and hosting was up for renewal and after learning that it would cost almost $200 to keep the website up for another two years, we decided it was best cancel our account and remove loveforashley.com from the world wide web. We will keep the blog going as long as it continues to be a free service. I hope to change the layout and the look of the blog soon. Hopefully, add some navigation to the blog as well. If I ever decide to republish the loveforashley website, you will be the first to know.