About Town magazine recently shared a human-interest story celebrating the past, present and future of Maria Sivils, who recently gave birth at Ascension St. Vincent’s in Birmingham, Alabama. Maria gave birth in the hospital that her father, Eddy Alonso, helped design and where her husband, Jake Sivils, MD, is currently a primary care provider.
“It was surreal going to deliver my own daughter in those rooms I’d only ever seen as plans on my dad’s laptop,” Maria told About Town. “I recognized it all right away. And I appreciated, as a mother, having everything tucked away out of sight, just like he’d designed. My dad has always been a creative and creator; our whole childhood home was renovated by him and my mom, and he still makes us furniture, is even working on toys for Elliott next, so it was extra special to have such a big life moment happen in yet another creation from my dad’s hands.”
