Ashley Cain 'smiling through tears' as he opens up on 'extremely difficult' day without daughter Azaylia

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Former footballer Ashley Cain has opened up about 'smiling through tears' as he remembers his baby daughter this Easter. Ashley heartbreakingly lost his daughter Azaylia - who he shared with ex partner Safiyya Vorajee - in April 2021 when she was just eight months old.The 33 year old shared pictures of his little girl when she was in hospital three years holding an Easter egg on Instagram.

Ashley wrote: "Today is Easter and I'll be completely honest, I don't know how to spend these kind of occasions anymore. "Day to day life, you suck it up and smile, but these times of the year prove extremely difficult.This day should be an incredibly happy day with my son, but since last night I haven't been able to stop thinking about the last Easter I spent with my daughter. "The 4th April 2021 was a very sad and painful day for so many reasons and one that completely breaks me to revisit, as 20 days later, Azaylia took her final breaths and left us for heaven," he continued. "Azaylia wasn't just my first child, but my first true love.

She isn't only the love of my life, but the inspiration for my life itself. She truly became my Hero, and because of that, I vow to be her little brothers." In his touching tribute, Ashley said he was thinking of both his son - Aliyas - and his daughter: "So this Easter, not only will I try to smile through the tears for my son, but I will try with all of my heart to do it for my daughter.

I love you champ, forever and always with everything in my heart and I miss you so much that it hurts, every single day. "My love, my prayers, my thoughts and my smiles will be with you and for you today My little Angel." Azaylia was just eight weeks old when she was tragically diagnosed with an aggressive form of.