Baby Ashton was born on Feb. 13 – it was an emergency delivery because Jimenez fought with COVID. His mother lost her battle and never got the chance to hold the baby she was carrying with care in her arms for nearly nine months.
Jimenez leaves behind her three boys – 15-year-old Jordan, 18-month-old Christian, baby Ashton. She also leaves behind her devastated husband, Chad Augustus.
“I just try to stay strong … every day I want to let go of my emotions, but I try to stay strong for the kids and the family,” said Augustus.
The family has started a GoFundMe page to help her three boys start their lives, without the mother who family and friends called ‘the glue of the gathering’.
“I’ve had so many experiences and memories with her – she has always been by my side,” said best friend Cynthia Sanchez.
“I am so proud of her for the woman she became after having children – she dedicated her life to making sure her children were good,” said her brother, John Jimenez.
Love still runs in the family – they all decided to let Jimenez’s heartbroken mother, Ashton’s grandmother, lead the way in caring for him. They say it eases her grief to lose her daughter.
“So now we have to celebrate her life every day,” said her sister Jacqueline Diaz.
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