10/05/2026
Super Kid's Day on June 17, 2026.
"To everyone who made Elin's incredible day possible,
We have been trying to find the words to adequately thank all of you for what you gave our family, and we’re not sure there are words big enough. We wanted you to know just how much this experience meant to all of us.
From the moment we arrived, it felt like Elin had stepped into another world. She met Thor and Wonder Woman, explored the incredible new restaurant concept, had her own private pizza party, and experienced the absolute thrill of riding in the Batmobile with a full police es**rt. The day was already beyond anything we could have imagined, and then she was es**rted to Park Tavern for a dessert bar before another incredible police es**rt back.
Watching her take it all in, from the superheroes and the Batmobile to the police cars, flashing lights, and constant excitement, was pure joy.
Elin was born weighing just 13 ounces. She spent the first 417 days of her life in the NICU and has undergone dozens of procedures and lifesaving surgeries in her five short years. She continues to live with complex medical conditions, including chronic lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vein stenosis, and epilepsy.
Because of her medical complexity and compromised immune system, she has had to miss out on so much of what other children simply get to experience. Far too many of her “big days” have involved doctors’ offices, hospital rooms, procedures, or ambulance rides. As a family, so much of our lives have revolved around protecting her, watching monitors, managing medications, talking with doctors, and worrying about what might happen next.
But this day was different.
For one incredible day, Elin wasn’t a patient. She wasn’t there because something was wrong or because she needed another test or procedure. She was simply a five-year-old kid having the adventure of a lifetime.
She was the VIP. She was the kid everyone was there to celebrate. And she got to feel completely, wonderfully invincible.
That is what makes the mission of Super Heroes with Super Kids so incredibly special. Steven and Sunhi, you created something that gives children who have faced unimaginable circumstances a chance to experience the kind of childhood magic they so deeply deserve. Thank you for dreaming up something so extraordinary and using your creativity, imagination, and generosity to bring it to life for kids like Elin.
To everyone with Super Heroes with Super Kids and Wishes & More, thank you for every detail you planned and every moment you helped create. We know an experience like this doesn’t just happen. There are countless people, hours, and acts of generosity behind it, and we are so grateful.
To the St. Louis Park Police Department, thank you for making our little girl feel like the most important person in the world. Seeing the police vehicles and flashing lights surrounding the Batmobile was pure magic. You became part of an experience she will be talking about for years.
And to the owners and entire team at Park Tavern, thank you for welcoming our family so warmly and making her dessert celebration such a special part of the day.
There is something incredibly moving about watching so many people, many of whom had never met our daughter before, come together simply because they wanted to give her joy.
When you have a medically complex child, people often tell you how strong or brave your child is. And Elin certainly is. But childhood shouldn’t always have to be about being brave.
Sometimes a five-year-old should just get to believe superheroes are real, ride in the Batmobile, eat pizza and dessert, see flashing police lights celebrating her, and have the absolute best day.
You gave her that.
And you gave our family the gift of standing back and watching our little girl experience pure childhood joy. For those hours, her world wasn’t about procedures, doctors, medications, or what might come next. It was about superheroes, flashing lights, pizza, dessert, and people who made her feel like the most special kid in the world.
From the bottom of all of our hearts, thank you for seeing these incredible kids and for creating space in their lives for moments that are bigger than the hard things."
We will carry this day with us forever.
With all our love and gratitude.
