The wife of AFL star Gary Ablett has described the footballer as her rock after a year of heartache that saw her mother die and her son diagnosed with a crippling illness.
Jordan Ablett s mother Trudy Papalia lost her battle with lung cancer in August 2020, just a month after her two-year-old son Levi was diagnosed with a rare degenerative disorder.
The 28-year-old said the loss of her mother still hurts , but the former Geelong Cats captain plays an enormous role in keeping me strong .
Gary Ablett Jr with his wife Jordan and son Levi, two. Levi was diagnosed with a rare degenerative condition last year
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Share As hard as this Christmas will be, I know my Mum would want nothing more then for love, joy and peace to surround us three girls, her daughters and to fill our hearts this Christmas. I hope and pray the same for you! she ended the touching post.
Memories: Jordan s mother, Trudy Papalia, succumbed to lung cancer in August. On Thursday, the brunette beauty shared a heartbreaking poem to Instagram as she marked her family s first Christmas without her
Touching: After the year that has been, I m thinking of everyone this Christmas, she began
It s been a challenging year for Gary and wife Jordan.