Ashley Cain's heartbreak - 'I'm the proudest daddy, but I should be holding both my children in my arms'
ok.co.ukAshley Cain has opened up about his experience of Father’s Day, three years after his daughter Azaylia tragically passed away after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
In an exclusive and emotional interview, former footballer Ashley, 33, revealed that following his devastating loss occasions such as Father’s Day have become “extremely difficult” for him and they “don't feel that celebratory” after he laid his eight month old daughter to rest. “Day to day life is difficult enough as it is, but you have to find ways to suck it up, get by and cope.
However, occasions are extremely difficult, as days that you would usually celebrate don't feel that celebratory to me anymore,” he told OK!. “That being said, being a father is by far my greatest achievement and always will be.
So on Father's Day, I will hold both pain and love in my heart, with tears in my eyes and a smile on my face as I stand being the proudest daddy to my daughter in heaven and father to my son on earth.” Besides being a dad to Azaylia, Ashley is also a father to son Aliyas, who he welcomed in January this year.
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