If not for them, I would have been sent to an orphanage,” says Evelin

Lyuben and Lyubka often go without so they can provide for their grandchildren. Still, there is not enough money to buy essentials such as clothes or shoes for the growing boys. Lyubka does bake bread at home, and they always try and make sure that there is enough money for the boys to have breakfast at school. 

Despite these challenges, Lyuben and Lyubka dream of a better future for their grandchildren: they want to see them graduate from school, find good jobs, get married and have families of their own. They are teaching their grandchildren to be resilient and to never give up, even when times are tough.

For this special family, memories of Christmas celebrations gone by are clouded by the weeks they went without. But not last Christmas.