A few weeks ago I stumbled across a blog which chronicles the life journey of one very special baby girl. My interest was immediately piqued for one obvious reason–she and I share our first name. The spelling may be different, but I’m the odd one here, and as I told little Ashley’s mama, we “Ashley/Ashleigh girls” have to stick together. :smile:

Ashley is a very sick little girl. She was born prematurely at only 28 weeks gestation at only 2lbs. 12 oz. and has since endured every health trial imaginable. She is currently in the ICU and just a few days ago was literally fighting for her very life, moment by moment.

The Lord has blessed little Ashley with an amazing family–two godly parents and an older brother and sister–who daily live out their trust and surrender to the Lord through each circumstance, wholly submitted to His will, knowing that He loves their precious baby even more than they do, and that He is encircling her in His arms daily. As a mother, my heart breaks for them at the thought of watching your child go through so much pain and difficulty. Their faith and strength amazes and challenges me. I honestly don’t know that I would have such a testimony in the same situation.

There are a few different people that those of us in the Blogosphere are praying fervently for, little Ashley being one of them. No doubt most of you have seen her name on various blogs recently. We have buttons on our side bars reminding us to pray for these dear ones each time we view them, so I thought Ashley was in need of one also. I am most certainly not a designer. I don’t have fancy fonts, programs or experience, but I can lift this little girl and her family up to our Heavenly Father in prayer, and can declare that I’m doing so in the form of this little button sitting on the side of my blog.

Will you join me in praying for this baby and her family? You can read the rest of their story here and see more pictures of Ashley here. Perhaps each time you see the “Praying for Ashley” button over there, you’d take a moment to remember to pray for a precious, fragile baby girl.

If you need the code to display this button on your blog, please send me a quick email using the link under my header. I’ve tried and tried, but Blogger doesn’t allow me to post code without “reading” it.