I'm Missing Someone...just like you
I share my life after loss because writing has been a vehicle to chronicle the bridge between my past & my future. I document both the big moments & the small whispers...and it do it just for me.
I do it as proof that I didn't quit.

This is just a little taste
- I've penned over 70 pieces on all things grief related to losing friends, making decisions alone, solo-parenting, widow dating, finding love- all while being afraid, alone & unsteady.
- I write weekly, so this list is growing all the time.
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Mrs. Ashley Hayball-Heald
I got married yesterday. I kept this big news shrouded from most, and I can't really tell you why other than the obvious truth... People have opinions about a woman getting...
Mrs. Ashley Hayball-Heald
I got married yesterday. I kept this big news shrouded from most, and I can't really tell you why other than the obvious truth... People have opinions about a woman getting...

Life as a House
In just a couple days, we will pull away from this beautiful little home for good. How can this be? This house became ours in 2007. We had Gwen's...
Life as a House
In just a couple days, we will pull away from this beautiful little home for good. How can this be? This house became ours in 2007. We had Gwen's...

Dear Griever...I Am Sorry
Dear New Griever, I'll start by saying I wish you weren't reading this. If you are, your world was likely flipped upside down. Someone you fiercely love died. Someone you thought...
Dear Griever...I Am Sorry
Dear New Griever, I'll start by saying I wish you weren't reading this. If you are, your world was likely flipped upside down. Someone you fiercely love died. Someone you thought...

Hot Husbands in Heaven
And to the many women who became my friend because we share dead husbands, may we continue to link arms and search for the beauty, the silver linings, the signs, and the...
Hot Husbands in Heaven
And to the many women who became my friend because we share dead husbands, may we continue to link arms and search for the beauty, the silver linings, the signs, and the...

What I Wish Teachers (and parents) Knew...
I've been teaching since 1996. That's a mighty long time...so long I have to use tally marks to know exactly how many years I have under my belt. I came...
What I Wish Teachers (and parents) Knew...
I've been teaching since 1996. That's a mighty long time...so long I have to use tally marks to know exactly how many years I have under my belt. I came...

This Is Me
Hi. I'm Ashley Hayball. By all accounts, I led a fairly typical life up until 2022. I married a wonderful man in 2004. We had 2 splendid kids. I taught...
This Is Me
Hi. I'm Ashley Hayball. By all accounts, I led a fairly typical life up until 2022. I married a wonderful man in 2004. We had 2 splendid kids. I taught...