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Jen Thomas

Ashley Cain shares the incredible memorial garden for his late daughter Azaylia

Ashley Cain has shared pictures and videos of the beautiful memorial garden he and partner Safiyya have created for their late daughter Azaylia.

The grieving parents have been spending time making the space as pretty as possible to remember Azaylia by.

Ashley, 30, shared close-up pics of the garden on his Instagram story.

Along with Safiyya, he has been hard at work filling the space with balloons and trinkets to pay tribute to the little girl.

The garden is filled with stunning flowers, balloons, and trinkets as well as a heartbreaking hand-painted sign reading "Azaylia's Garden Let's Go Champ".

Ashley and Safiyya shared the tragic news of Azaylia’s passing in April.

The brave little girl had battled a lengthy fight with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.

The Ex On The Beach star captioned a video: "Making my daughters resting place look beautiful with my partner and my family.”

It was an emotional Father’s Day for Ashley, and he first revealed the memorial garden with an ornate flower display spelling out Azaylia’s name.

He told fans in a video: "We just got down to Azaylia's resting place. And we're going to spend a couple of hours down here now just making her little garden look absolutely amazing."

Safiyya commented: "So special for our beautiful girl, always and forever so closely held to my heart. Azaylias garden is so pretty."

He wrote a tribute on the difficult day: "My first Father’s Day – In my thoughts, in my heart, in every part of my life, you are always with me Azaylia, and always will be.

"You held my hand for a short while, but you’ll hold my heart forever! #DaddysGirl #FathersDay."

Meanwhile, Safiyya expressed her anger over the Matt Hancock controversy, after he was photographed in a compromising position with his aide, Gina Coladangelo.

The devastated mum pointed out the hypocrisy as the couple were dealing with with strict lockdown measures during their time spent in hospital with their daughter.

Safiyya, 34, said: "I was just in mid conversation and thought I’d share it with you guys about the whole Matt Hancock situation.

And I feel really disheartened that this has all come to light about what he’s done really, because being in a hospital for such a long time and following all these restrictions and not being able to do so much and having time with your family together…

“And then seeing him doing what he did is so disappointing.”

Safiyya recently shared that she has been visiting her little girl’s grave two to three times a day, and wrote an emotional caption.

"How do I cope without you?? "The answer is I don’t, My heart hurts, my body feels numb, my inside feels painfully sore, I miss you so much.

“Waking up every morning not being able to be a mummy to you crushes me, your smile, your snuggles, the way you touched my face and pulled my lips and did your pokey finger to get involved with touching things are only a fraction of what I miss about you.

“Waking up, trying to get out of bed while suffering with anxiety & depression, is a challenge alone," she added.

"How do I cope with my day what do I do? Because I should be doing everything for you baby.

"I’ve never had a hero before & Azaylia is my hero & when I do finally get myself together & manage to do simple things it’s because my hero inspires me."

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