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Kristine Amundrud's avatar

Oh Ashley! Your story matters - thank you for a glimpse into your heart. You are brave and beautiful. Praying for you, friend!

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Deidre Braley's avatar

Oh my word. Heartbreaking, tender. Stunning. Bold. I love your writing.

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Edward Holmes's avatar

I do too!

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Ashley Sposato's avatar

Thank you, Deidre! It means so much 💞

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Kit Sposato's avatar

This is so beautiful! I am latterly in tears 🥹

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Kristi Clark's avatar

“Courage, dear heart.” ♥️ Your honesty and vulnerability is so beautiful in your writing. This kind of loss and grief should never be, but somehow God is still redeeming all things. You too will come forth as gold, and glimpses of it shine through your words.

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s. rochelle's avatar

This is heartbreakingly beautiful. 💔

Thank you for bravely sharing this piece of your journey.

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Ashley Sposato's avatar

Oh thank you friend, I really appreciate the encouragement! 💝

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Donna Bucher's avatar

Ashley, such a beautiful post. I love Mary Oliver too and felt much like you did the first time I read her. But I go back over and over again.

I am so sorry to read of your tragic loss of Atlas. I cannot imagine the searing pain of the cup you held. Oddly on January 11, 2016, I held my son's first child in my arms, dead at full term. Sometimes in the deepest dark we see the most light.

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Ashley Sposato's avatar

“Sometimes in the deepest dark we see the most light.” So beautiful.

Thank you Donna 💝

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Edward Holmes's avatar

It's hard to put to words how encouraging this is to me.

What a wonderful post.

Thank you

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Ashley Sposato's avatar

Thank you friend! I’m so happy this post could be an encouragement to you.

That’s all I ever hope for when I share! 🫶🏽

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Bill Kelton's avatar

Very beautiful post and keep sharing with us. 🤗♥️

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Isaac M. Keener's avatar

💔💔💔 I've been sitting here trying to figure out something to say, but nothing seems quite right. I can't know your pain, but I see you, and I still think of Atlas, and your softness is beautiful. I'm having my own faith crisis, and I appreciate your honesty about what you've been through and the light you've found.

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Ashley Sposato's avatar

Thank you Isaac, I appreciate your kind words 💚 I honestly was super nervous to post this! I’m still in the midst of that crisis to be perfectly honest myself, but I’m trying to lean in and trust that something beautiful is being built in the place of all that has crumbled. I’m grateful for your vulnerability

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Christy Lynne Wood's avatar

Beautiful! I lost two babies to late term miscarriage. It’s so hard. I’m glad that you are discovering the wild and free God who does not fit into our religious boxes. I like to say that we don’t get to decide who God is, we just get to discover Him. 💕

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Ashley Sposato's avatar

The wild and free God, yes 🙌🏽

I’m so sorry you can understand this pain. Much love 💝

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Spirit Whispers by Mark Stucky's avatar

Wonderfully and bravely written. Blessings on your continued journey.

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