Meet Our Miracle Twins: Elias and Evika
Meet our miracles: Elias and Evika. They are fraternal twins (not identical) with a significant height difference, so most people would never guess that they are indeed twins. Their personalities are just as different; each of them contributing their own individuality to our Blended Mix.
In the month of March, we celebrated the birthday of our twins. Having twins means that we got to have TWICE the amount of fun — honestly, maybe even more.
On the weekend before their birthday, we threw the twins a birthday party with:
1.5 hour of bowling
Pizza and nachos and soda
UNLIMITED ARCADE GAMES
UNLIMITED LASER TAG
Over 5 hours of UNLIMITED FUN
= BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVERRRRRRR
And we weren’t done celebrating! On their actual birthday, we surprised them with a dinner party, giant balloons, painting together, giving them gifts, and a fun outing to the park.
Miracle Twins
Our twins are a miracle and they are part of the very beginning of our Love Story. I knew the twins before I met their dad, long before I had the honor and privilege of becoming their bonus mom.
Allow me to back up and give you the back story. You see, I lost a set of twins 13 years ago, when I was 18 weeks pregnant with them. That loss ensued the experience of losing two other pregnancies and it was completely devastating, as you can imagine. Since then, twins have held a special place in my heart.
Seven years ago I landed in Denver after living in Tokyo, Japan for nearly three years. Moving to Denver was a fresh start for me as my divorce was finalized. The first thing I did was to find a multicultural church and get involved in one of their ministries. I picked the one I felt the most uncomfortable with — kids ministry. I knew that it would be painful to be around kids because of my history of multiple losses, but I was pursuing healing in every area of my life so I signed up to spend time with babies.
One week, an adorable set of twin babies showed up at the church nursery. They came in crying, so I scooped them both up in my arms and held them, rocked them, and played with them for the duration of the service. They needed attention and I wanted nothing more than to give all my attention to them. As I rocked them, I couldn’t stop the tears that squeezed out of my eyes and dropped on their little heads. I hoped that none of the other teachers noticed how emotional I felt. I believed that God had sent these twins to me at a time when my heart was broken, to help heal my heart. And gosh, were they the sweetest balm ever, filling my aching arms.
Evika and Elias: Sweet Babies
I looked forward to serving in kids’ church more because of these cute twins that would come. They were my little buddies and I was their favorite person. I got to watch them grow into confident toddlers, learning to take their first steps as I cheered them on. I tell them now that I’ve changed their diapers and wiped their noses and fed them when they were babies — of course, that makes Elias feel embarrassed.
Just before they became two-year-olds, they disappeared and I didn’t see them anymore until I met them again as grown-up kids. Four years later I met the twins again, six months after I started dating their dad. I knew they didn’t remember me, but we felt a natural connection with one another. Never would I have imagined that God‘s beautiful plan for me was to become their bonus mom. And yes, I still get tears in my eyes when I think about it.
When I see our twins, I see evidence of the way God has restored everything the locusts have eaten, metaphorically speaking. They are TWO of the greatest joys in our Blended Mix. We have been connected for a special purpose that will unfold more with time and I’m here for it all. I love them more than I can say. It is such a joy to be their bonus mom!
