28/08/2026
Today, I am another year older.
And somehow, birthdays feel very different to me.
I am deeply grateful to be here. Grateful for another year of life, for the people who love me, and most of all, grateful that I am still here for my daughters. Being their mother is one of the greatest privileges of my life, and I never take for granted the moments I get to share with them.
But there is another truth I carry with me.
I am a mother who has outlived her daughter 😔.
There are no words that can truly explain what that means. A mother is never supposed to have to live longer than her child. Yet here I am, growing older while my beautiful Aliza remains forever the age she was when we lost her.
So like every year, I hold two feelings in my heart at the same time.
Gratitude for the life I have been given, and heartbreak for the loss of Aliza…
I think of her every single day. I carry her with me in everything I do, in the love I have for my daughters, in the work we continue through AlizaZLegacy.com 💕, and in every person who remembers her 🙏🏽🤍.
To everyone who follows Aliza’s story, who speaks her name, who supports her legacy, and who continues to care about our family, thank you 🙏🏽❤️.
Your love & support to her legacy means more than I could ever put into words.
Today, I am grateful for another year.
But I am also reminded that growing older is a privilege Aliza never got.
So I try my best, I will cherish my daughters. I will keep going. And I will keep carrying Aliza with me in this world. till I will hold her in my arms again 😔❤️.
For her. For her sisters. For all of us.
With love,
Aliza’s mom 🤍 Atia