ALPINE, Utah — At just 13 years old, Ilili Server is turning heads with her homemade sourdough and baked goods — all under the name of her small business, Batch.

But beyond the fresh loaves and gut-friendly ingredients is a story much deeper.

Bridgette Server, Ilili’s mom, says she has stage 4 kidney cancer that’s spread to her liver and that doctors have given her about four months to live. “When you hear that you’re going to die, you reevaluate your life,” Server said. “You look at what you’re doing. Is this enough? Is what I’m teaching my kids enough?”

Server is a lifelong entrepreneur who has taught sourdough classes, brought bread to nurses during COVID, and was even featured on Martha Stewart Living for her scrapbooking business in 2004, as well as Oprah’s Favorite Things.

But no

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