NEED TO KNOW

This summer, a 41-year-old woman learned she had breast cancer, only to meet the biological family that she'd always prayed for

Now, the mom of three plans to move to Texas as she heals, so she can have the support of her newfound relatives

"I love her with all my heart," the woman says of her relationship with her biological mom

A mom of three’s world imploded when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in August, then nearly died following another medical crisis. But the suffocating wave of isolation she felt disappeared when she was able to meet her biological mother for the first time last month.

“It was perfection for me to meet her,” Ashley Pruitt, 41, tells PEOPLE. "Just to lay my eyes on her and to know this lady carried me nine months and gave birth to me, that w

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