Skye’s Everlight
Skyelar
Kailynn Marie Kelly
forever seventeen
This is Skyelar.

“She was a goof. We had a lot of fun. She was my best friend.”Lyla — her mom

February 10, 2021
Skyelar was killed by a drunk driver.
She was seventeen. Her friend Izaiah Salyer was seventeen too. Neither of them came home.
and still, one light refused to go out.
Her mother refused to let the dark keep her.
so she lit a light —
SOBBR
Born from Skyelar. So that no other mother gets that call. So that no other family answers that knock at the door.
She named a home Skye’s Everlight.
Because her daughter’s light was never going out. It would only keep showing other women the way home.
hope takes flight, one transformation at a time
Starfish
never too late to rewrite your story
Skye’s Everlight
hope takes flight, one transformation at a time
Phoenix Rising
every day is a chance to rise
Her light didn’t end.It multiplied.

Every reunited family. Every hard-won morning. Every fresh start.
That’s her — still here, still saving people.
Skyelar KailynnMarie Kelly
forever seventeen · forever our light
Her story didn’t end. It became the place where other stories begin.
— butterflies released in her memory