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Be Still!

6/27/2017

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Hi, I’m Ashley, 23, Akhil and Laura’s oldest daughter. 

ALS smashed through the walls of my life like the Kool-Aid man right around the time I graduated high school. Just as I thought I was beginning to make sense of the big weird world. 

There I was, 18 year old Ashley, staring at a pile of rubble, wondering, “What am I supposed to do now?”

So I ran away to YWAM.

I learned so much about faith while I was there: in LA, in Chile, in the Bay Area. I witnessed as God showed up in big ways and spoke loudly and lit up our paths right in the nick of time. 

Then I came home. 

And it all *vanished*.

I spent eight months building with bricks and marshmallow fluff. The rainy Pacific Northwest dissolved my “glue” in no time. 

So I found a new lot to build on. 

There were no materials there, so I made 3D art with gifts from strangers and a few of my old bricks and tried to call it shelter.

But I got tangled in weeds that grew from the seeds of unfiltered philosophical discussions in bars and in art school.

I spent a lot of time Where the Wild Things Are. 

Eventually I realized it was time to go home. 

Back to the lot with the pile of bricks, that stayed through the weather just fine. 

So here I am.

Back where I started. 

But with so much time wasted. So many useless regrets. 

I feel the pressure to make it COUNT this time; to compensate for those years I could have spent doing “better” things, to make the right choices, to work work work work work. 

I remember the Greatest Commands. And I’m WORKING on them. 

I’m working on everything. 

“Seems like you’re all work and no play,” a Lost Boy pointed out. 

“If I don’t, who else will?” I cried.

“Don’t forget to enjoy the soup Jesus has waiting for you.”

7 Comments
Kay Fox
6/27/2017 05:24:37 pm

Thanks so much for letting us hear from you n how you're doing. Indeed this has been and continues to be a jagged yet somehow beautiful road for each of you. I hope you continue your precious life forward without trying to make up any time you might think you have lost or wasted because you have spent all that time becoming filled with experience and wisdom. You are wise beyond your youth❣️ You have learned so soooo much. If you look closely, you'll discover that you have learned compassion and grace... rare commodities in this world of too much self gratification. You've got fresh wings now... spread them and soar on those eagle wings❣️

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Bill Caudill
6/27/2017 09:43:19 pm

Hi Ashley.
The words touched my heart. I can't even emagin what you are going through. The closest I may have come was the death of of our 10 year old daughter Daisha almost 30 years ago. I don't have all the answers but I love you Dad and mom and would love to hear more and maybe bring a little hope and healing to your heart. Your mom know how to get ahold of me if you'd like to talk some time. Bill

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Pam Hough
6/28/2017 05:17:48 am

Ashley, Thank you for sharing your heart. God holds everything close to his heart as he molds his children. The experiences and inexpressible challenges you and your family has endured are mind numbing! I remember you as a little girl, strong, happy, determined and afraid of nothing. I can't imagine what this journey has been like for you and your family or what you're going through. But I KNOW this... God is doing a beautiful work in you and you are right where he wants you. Your a words are filled with searching and submission. Be Still, let him do the healing, listening , and navigating in your heart. He knows the plans he has for you and he is faithful.
That little girl I remember is still in you and believe it or not, you will emerge from this as beauty from ashes...
I love you and am praying for you today. 🤗

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Ashley
6/28/2017 08:51:44 am

Thank you all for your replies. They're really awesome. <3

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Ansh
8/23/2017 09:54:04 pm

A personal message to me.

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Suzanne
10/16/2019 03:03:28 pm

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