Under a dim glow of bare bulbs, a precocious tween rubs mascara out of her eye over the bathroom sink and shouts down the hall, pleading with her father that he has overreacted. It isn't the first time Ashley Nicole Wilson, 10, has snuck ...See moreUnder a dim glow of bare bulbs, a precocious tween rubs mascara out of her eye over the bathroom sink and shouts down the hall, pleading with her father that he has overreacted. It isn't the first time Ashley Nicole Wilson, 10, has snuck make-up, a boy's phone number or other preteen mischief into the house. Ten years ago, single father Jamie Gray was facing the possibility of dying from a brain tumor before his daughter was born. He survived, and after an eight-year battle with her mother, brought Ashley home just shy of her ninth birthday. "We fight like cats and dogs," Jamie said. "But I ask myself, what would I do without her?"
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