Strong: Life, loss and eternal love for my daughter

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Today, to coincide with the first day of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Ashley will embark on the first of a series of fundraisers for the charity.

READ MORE: Christine Lampard tells Ashley Cain 'You are warriors' as The Azaylia Foundation is launched He also enjoyed all the trappings that came with that – girls, nightclubs, fame and the thought that he had “made it”. Ashley Cain is the Nuneaton resident whose heartbreaking loss has led to him becoming a household name. He is the father of Azaylia Cain, the baby girl who captured hearts not only across the nation after she passed away following a brave battle against Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.Ashley Cain and Safiyya Vorajee spoke during an emotional interview to help launch The Azaylia Foundation. The charity the couple say has given them a purpose since they lost their little girl to acute myeloid leukaemia. Ashley Cain said: ‘Writing this book has probably been my toughest challenge yet. Not only by revisiting the heartbreak, but making sure it truly reflects the traumatic but magnificently beautiful journey of me and my incredible daughter Azaylia. It is a true story of beauty and the beast. It’s a love story with a powerful, strong and unbelievably meaningful message. My daughter taught me the true meaning of love, even through a breaking heart. She taught me how to be strong, when all I felt was weak. The power of courage, even when I was most scared. To smile and shine light, when it seemed I was surrounded with nothing but darkness and to never ever give up on that or them in which you love. In her honour, I want to pass on those values to the world in this beautiful memoir, Strong.’ He never sought therapy after losing his daughter, finding some solace in physical challenges and also talking openly with family and friends. He believes before he had Azaylia he was lost, but now he has found himself.

We didn't just want to put out our hands and ask for money - we wanted to show a fraction of the strength they have." That was the most difficult part of the book – I didn’t care about it,” says Ashley. “Ex-professional footballer, so what? Azaylia Cain was born on August 10 2020. A few months after her birth, at just eight weeks old, she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. We tried everything to save her life,” says Ashley, tearfully. “There wasn’t an option that we didn’t explore. When she was going through

What I was doing was faking a lot. There was a facade, to climb the ladder. But when you are in the pits, it’s very hard to survive if you are still lying to yourself. That’s what changed about me. For once in my life I was true to myself. Strongis the inspirational and heartbreaking memoir from social media star Ashley Cain, charting his daughter’s birth and the fight for her life when she was diagnosed with leukemia at 7 weeks old, as well as his own struggles since her passing in 2021.

Azaylia Diamond Cain is a name famous across the world and I believe it always will be thanks to Ashley and his family and friends. From such a cruel thing to happen to Ashley raising money in her memory and completing challenges constantly is just amazing. Brilliant Ashley, keep going. He also modelled for brands such as Kalibre Clothing and The Couture Club. But his whole life changed when he and his then partner, Safiyya Vorajee, had a baby girl - Azaylia in August 2020.As for relationships, his playboy past is behind him. “I’ve no time for romance, it’s not like I shied away from it in the past! I can’t commit the time. I don’t know if I would want to subject anyone else to that right now.”

With his pink hair, tattoos, diamond earrings and ripped physique, it would be easy to have preconceived ideas about Ashley. Her parents, ex-Coventry City football player Ashley Cain and Safiyya Vorajee were told that she would need stem cell treatment. Despite still coming to terms with their unimaginable grief her parents set up a charity Azaylia Foundation as a legacy to her. The eight month-old sadly lost her inspirational battle at the family home in Nuneaton on April 24 this year.Sadly, just a few months after her birth, at just eight weeks old, she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. She had tumours on her lungs, stomach and kidneys and started chemotherapy treatments. The tearful parents of Azaylia Cain have shared the heartbreaking final moments with their baby girl as they launched a charity in her name.