Ashley Cain says 'I want to feel grief forever' after birth of two sons
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Ashley Cain is a father of three now, and before the arrival of his two new boys, Atlas Diamond and Aliyas, Ashley had baby girl Azaylia, who passed away at just eight months old from leukaemia. Keeping Azaylia’s memory alive is something Ashley is passionate about and he says he often visits her resting place with Aliyas and Atlas. While he talks candidly about his experience of grief and healing, he admits he hasn’t processed his loss – and he hopes he never will. “I hope I feel grief forever,” he says in an exclusive chat. “The thing is I’m not afraid of grief and I’m not trying to get away from it. I’m trying to navigate it and I’m trying to learn it, and to work out the best ways to cope and deal with it. But I know that in my grief is just my love – I’ll be grateful as long as I feel it. Sometimes, people try to get away from their grief, but it’d be a more beautiful process if they sat into it and realised it is just their love for that person.”.
Ashley’s ex-partner Safiyya Vorajee gave birth to Azaylia in August 2020 and the baby girl was diagnosed with cancer at eight weeks old. In the years following Azaylia’s passing, he and Safiyya, who split up in March 2022, have raised millions for children with cancer via their charity, The Azaylia Foundation.
Even though they split a year after losing their little daughter, Safiyya told The Sun: "Myself and Ashley will always be united. For me and Ashley we've always got our purpose and that is Azaylia, we’ll never lose sight of that. And you'll always see us together and you'll always see us do whatever we need to do to help children fight against childhood cancer, and that is a bond that will last for eternity.".
