“As a daughter she was stronger than me,” said Londono, 31. “When I was sad, she’d make me get out of bed and say: ‘Mama, toughen up and do your makeup. She would mother me when I needed her. I know that’s not what a kid should do, but I was so grateful for her.” Allayah was born on Feb. 11, 2009 — weighing about six pounds — in a High River, Alta. hospital where her Colombian grandmother worked as a lab technician. The family had moved there from Colombia when Londono was about seven. Shortly after her first child’s birth, Londono returned to Calgary where, with the same partner, she became pregnant six months later with Allayah’s sister.