About the Founder
Eternal Marigold is more than a business — it is the offering of my soul.
Eternal Marigold was born from a place deep within me — a place shaped by love, loss, and the quiet strength passed down through generations.
My journey began in the shadow of loss and the fire of survival. When I was five years old, my family fled our home country, leaving everything behind to start again. That early displacement imprinted in me a longing — for belonging, for home, for something eternal.
I’ve spent my life walking the delicate path between remembrance and rebirth. Along the way, I’ve said goodbye to beloved family, cherished pets, and pieces of myself that I thought I’d never get back.
By age eleven, I experienced personal trauma that fractured my sense of safety. I have lived through abusive relationships that left me questioning my worth. I have carried the unbearable pain of loss: a friend who died at 25, my beloved mother-in-law, two years later, my father in 2006, and my nephew who took his life in 2019. And now, I walk through the aching silence left by my mother’s passing — a grief that brought me to my knees… and opened my spirit.
But through it all, I’ve learned this:
Love doesn’t end. It transforms.
Each heartbreak became a teacher. Each death, a doorway. I came to understand that memory is not just reflection — it is medicine. That grief, when held with care, becomes a path back to love.
Eternal Marigold is my offering to help others honor their beloveds — not with sorrow alone, but with ritual, beauty, and soul. This is more than a brand; it’s a sacred space where grief becomes art, memory becomes light, and love becomes eternal.
I stand as a witness to what survives: the soul, the story, the light. And I offer this space to you — not as someone who has all the answers, but as someone who has felt it all and chose to turn it into healing.
Founder
Lily Colchan — the heart behind Eternal Marigold.
An empath, a remembrance keeper, and a daughter of resilience. She carries the light of those who came before her and turns memory into healing, love into legacy.