My name is Ashley. I’m a wife and a mom and a former housemom and I am mundanely ordinary in every way. Until I wasn’t anymore.
In 2015 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. What I thought was going to be a brief encounter with cancer has turned into 10 years, 2 relapses, 1 stem cell transplant, immunotherapy, failed treatments and now a clinical trial. I have learned a lot in these 10 years {so far}. I have learned a lot about cancer and health. About myself and my relationships. I have learned most of all what it is to choose joy and to choose hope and still lament while staring trial and hardship in the face.
This is the place where I’ve come to keep people up to date on my health and the place that has become a space for me to process life – all of it – as I journey with my family through uncertainty.
Thanks for reading.
Thanks for walking with me.
Thanks for praying.
The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.
I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.
Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
Lamentations 3:19-22
Daring to Hope 