24 + 1
In 2018, Ash Ruddy and her husband, Patrick, were expecting their first child. Late into her twenty-third week of pregnancy, for reasons unknown, Ash went into labor. At 24 + 1 weeks, she delivered their son, weighing only 1 lb 7 oz. Medically labeled ‘the edge of viability,’ neonates at this stage face staggering odds against both survival and freedom from long-term medical disabilities.
This is not your typical conversion story. It’s the journey of a check-box Christian becoming a woman deeply, unexpectedly changed, now walking with Christ. Profound and vivid experiences led her to encounter Jesus for the first time, challenging churchgoers and resonating with mothers, non-Christians, and cynics alike.
With raw honesty, Ash takes readers on a path marked by intense vulnerability, balancing the daily realities of life in extreme care with encounters with the supernatural. Readers are left with a lasting question: maybe, perhaps, of course, there really is something more.