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Ashley Simpson: Holding it all together through the holidays

Soul connections are often formed through the high voltage of adversity. Terri Guillemets Guest Post by Dawn Simpson* Ashley Simpson has been missing since April of this year, and this Christmas is going to be difficult for all who knew and loved her. I know Ashley’s family because I am a Simpson, and the Simpson family is large… so large that we don’t all even know each other. But in spring of 2014, I was happy to be directly connected to John Simpson and his crew. John has four grown daughters and lots of grandchildren. His wife is Cindy, who is mother to Amanda and Ashley Simpson. My immediate family’s connection to this group was celebratory in nature in that a few adopted Simpsons had reconnected with their birth family, bringing John and his gang into my sphere. Everyone was getting to know everyone, and this reunion was a long time in coming. And that’s when I first met Ashley Simpson. It was June, and every day for about a week-and-a-half, John and various m...