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Louise Randell

Ashley Cain vows to make daughter Azaylia 'proud' on late-night visit to her grave

Ashley Cain has shared a picture of his late daughter Azaylia's flower-strewn grave after he visited her at night this week.

The Ex On The Beach star, 30, is mourning the loss of his little girl, who died in April at just eight months old after a battle with a rare form of leukaemia.

Both Ashley and his partner Safiyya Vorajee have been struggling to deal with their loss, and have been finding solace in visiting Azaylia's grave up to three times a day.

Ashley shared pictures from his visit last night, and told his followers he'd asked for a sign from his little girl to show she is ok - and was rewarded with a bright orange sunsent.

He shared snaps of the sky on his Instagram page and wrote: "Azayalia was with us tonight. I asked you to show us a sign to show me you're ok.

"A sign to give me strength and you couldn't have given me a more beautiful one.

"Goodnight God bless princess. Thank you for lighting up the sky for us tonight. I love you."

He later returned to his page to open up about the grieving process and share his thoughts with fans about how to get through such a devastating tragedy.

Ashley said: "I haven't spoke much recently as it's been quite difficult and in a lot of cases there, isn't much to say.

"One thing that's helped my process is the fact we can't change anything, we can't bring those loved ones back.

"But one thing we can do while on this earth is stand up and make them proud. If you're struggling, find yourself lost, you're struggling for purpose...

He asked for a sign from his daughter and saw a bright orange sunset (Instagram/mrashleycain)
Ashley Cain has been left devastated by the loss of his daughter Azaylia (Instagram)

"Understand your purpose is making those loved ones proud because rest assured they are watching down on you from heaven .

"As I know my daughter is watching down on me. And while I'm here, I'm going to make her proud until the day I join her again in heaven.

"Make your loved ones proud people."

Grieving mum Safiyya recently admitted she's been battling anxiety and "torment and torture" over the last month, but visiting her daughter's grave several times a day has been helping her through.

Sharing her feelings on an Instagram story, Safiyya said: "I come down and I sit with Azaylia a couple of times a day.

"Sometimes two, three times a day, and literally my anxiety at the minute is so so high take it under control and I'm just really really struggling at the minute.

"To even get myself up. Sometimes it takes the whole day to even get myself up, today I've just literally been under the duvet all day, and yeah, I've just come down to spend some time with her now."

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