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Ashley Judd then reflected on some happier memories she had of her birthday before turning to last year's celebration, which she said \"was more muted, being so close to her end.\"

She recalled how her mother came over with \"Pop\" and they shared a meal together, and how much love she felt radiating from her mother \"in spite of being weak and preoccupied with the disease that was eating at her.\"

\"I know that today, too, even as she breathes in the infinite mercy of God,\" the \"Kiss the Girls\" actress wrote. \"Thank you, Mom, for all my birthdays so far, and for celebrating me: for holding me at bedtime and whispering in my ear, 'Ashley, you are an extraordinary woman,' and letting me be your Sweetpea.\"

\"What more does a birthday girl need, than memories of a mother like that?\" she concluded.

Referencing the second photo in her post, an unfiltered image of her holding a cake in bed, she added, \"And this is how she saw and loved me, first awake, hair never brushed, ready to share our dreams. For you, Mom. For you.\"

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