Actor Marnie Schulenburg , who played Alison Stewart in more than 300 episodes of the soap opera As The World Turns , died Tuesday in Bloomfield, New Jersey two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter . She would have turned 38 on Saturday.

Please dont say Marnie lost her battle to cancer. Its simply not true, her husband, Succession actor Zack Robidas, wrote, per Variety . I watched her kick cancers ass everyday since diagnosis. She is incredible. We chose to attack her diagnosis with blind optimism. We only talked about the future and continued moving forward. I dont know if this was right but its all we knew how to do.

On Mothers Day, Schulenburg posted a photo with her 2-year-old daughter Coda and her mother. She lamented being a half-life version of herself for her child, but felt optimistic about her survival prospects.

My mother showed up 100% all day everyday for me growing up or at least it seemed that way. I want to give Coda the same but I must be kind to myself and remember that nothing is permanent, Schulenburg wrote.