Background – Fit Mom Ashley

Growing Up

I’ve had three babies in a hospital, four at home, an epidural, Pitocin, long labors and short ones. I’ve homeschooled, sent kids to public school, been in therapy, more than once… I’ve been vegan, vegetarian, I’ve eaten ‘cancer’ food and healthy food. I’ve had periods of intense emotional stress, and periods of clarity where I…

Welcome To The World Baby Jack! Baby Number 6!

I guess it’s only appropriate to start at the beginning. Not the moment my water broke, but the beginning of how you entered the outside world and started becoming a part of our family. I’ve known you were ready for our family since I was pregnant with your older brother. I saw you two in…

Rape – 10 years later

10 years ago, I was hurt by someone I had let get too close to me. He preyed on my vulnerabilities and exploited my weaknesses to serve his own desires. I fought, I tried to avoid the situation, I tried to get out of the date that lead to the events that have forever scarred…

Episode 1: My Story: The Turning Point – My Mother’s Attempted Suicide

I know not all of us have to watch someone attempt to take their own life. We don’t all get to see from the outside what it looks like to see into their eyes the complete will to die. What I DO know is, there is so much to be done to prevent this…