My name is pronounced [a-lee-sa]. I am a mama of two. I have a daughter and a son. Motherhood is the most amazing gift and also the hardest things I’ve ever done.
I love coffee, floral design, gardening, travelling, photography, making things cozy, the changing of seasons and brick roads.

Seven years ago my whole world was flipped upside. My mom, my person, was diagnosed with cancer and within 5 months she was gone. One month before the year’s mark of her passing, I had my first child. To say I deeply know the coexistence of joy and sorrow barely scratches the surface.

When I was pregnant and in the early days of deep dark grief, Everglow by Coldplay was a song that was on repeat for me. I felt so strongly that my mom’s light was my daughter growing within me. That this little light inside of me was sent to me, hand picked, by my mom in heaven. I pondered a lot on what my mom’s legacy would be as I was about to welcome my own child and I kept coming back to mom’s legacy as being a light. And that although she wasn’t physically here with me anymore, she would always be with me - a light within, an Everglow. And I named our daughter after this idea of an Everglow. Something we always carry with us, a feeling of love and light that has been passed on and it helps us carry on and share the love given to us to those we have the privilege to love.

My mom’s name is Anna. I named my daughter Everleigh Anna.

𝘖𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦
𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸
𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸

𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘨𝘰
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸

𝘖𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸

After seven years, I feel my heart is finally allowing a little bit of light to break through the cracks and this is where it is leading me. I’m scared. But I’m going to try follow this and hope it can be something beautiful.

I am starting Everglow Mama in honour of my mom.