DOZ Show Preferred Guest
Interview by Eturuvie Erebor (AKA Gabriella)
GRACE AIDELOJE
Grace Aideloje is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ
Magazine. She is a writer and creator of the blog, Pen Parables International.
She is also, the wife of a pastor and has recently welcomed twin girls after
being childless for fifteen years. In this interview, she shares with us the
many agonising years of waiting for her babies, years that were filled with
a fear that she would die childless. She also opens up on what it felt like
the moment she was confirmed pregnant at age 47. Read Grace’s amazing
journey to motherhood against the odds. Be inspired for your miracle!
Grace, you recently had twin
girls after waiting fifteen
years to have a baby. How
does this compare with
whatever dreams you had as a
child regarding marriage and
family life?
W
ow. Well, let’s start with
a little bit about my
background. As a child, I was
sexually abused by a paternal
uncle who lived with us for a
long time. I remember, from
when I was seven or eight,
he had started molesting me
sexually until I was about 13
when I could stand up to him
and say no. And by then, I was
already so messed up. I began
to see myself as a sex object
until I met Christ. Before then,
I’d had quite a promiscuous life,
while I was in school, even as an
undergraduate, I had multiple
sex partners. I had several
abortions that led to one of my
tubes being removed when I
suffered an ectopic pregnancy.
So, I had secretly, inside me,
borne that fear, that I might
not be able to bear children. It
was a fear that I carried in my
heart for a long time until I gave
my life to Christ and started
learning how God can restore
me and my wasted years. And
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Grace Aideloje
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DOZ Magazine | January 2020