Doctors estimated Ashley Hallford had about four weeks to live after diagnosing her with cancer in her jaw, an inoperable malignant brain tumor, and innumerable tumors in her lungs. They also saw spots on her liver.  

After four weeks of treatment, during which some of her tumors had grown, doctors advised of two options, Ashley says. She could “stop the treatment and go home and enjoy the time with your family," or try “one last ditch effort of chemo.” 

“I just couldn't stop,” Ashley says. “If I didn't have a child, I probably would've given up because it was that bad. It really was. But the thought of Harley not having his mother was more than I could bear. And so I thought, ‘I don't want him to read about me, and the final thing he reads about his mother is that she gave up.’”

Today, Ashley has been in remission for more than 14 years. 

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For more about Ashley Hallford, visit her website,  where you can also purchase a copy of her book, “Losing Control: How God Used Cancer and Infertility to Bring Me to the End of Myself.” 

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