The Secret of Being Loved and Loved

It isn't until Ashley is 12 that she asks an uncle why exactly her father is in jail. "I wasn't sure that he knew and my mind wasn't sophisticated enough, I guess, to assume that he would," the actress says of her uncle Clarence. The experience changed howAshley felt about herself as a child. It's amazing how in our childhoods, maybe it's a moment or an experience like that where we have that feeling of being seen and loved and held that can go such a long way to saving us.