For Tristan and Jill Borland, March 2016 was shaping up to be an exciting and busy month as they anticipated the arrival of their fifth daughter, Lucy Faith. However, a very sudden, tragic turn of events shattered their lives without any warning on March 4th when their precious three(3) year old daughter Maria died at home after briefly displaying symptoms of an apparent flu like virus. Seven(7) days later Jill gave birth to Lucy. “The grief and shock have been overwhelming. We feel stranded between death and life and have no idea how to embrace this new beautiful gift as we prepare to bury our beloved daughter ….. “ Tristan wrote to a friend. Please join us as I talk with Tristan about their remarkable seven(7) year journey marked by unspeakable loss, the joy of new life, and experiencing GOD’s faithfulness to heal and restore their brokenness.
Jill and Tristan are the directors of Smile Again Ministries in Crosslake, Minnesota, a Christian ministry and retreat center for parents and families navigating through the heartbreaking grief of child loss.
“A Life After Death” : the book authored by Jill and Tristan and mentioned in this episode, can be found on Amazon.
https://www.smileagainministries.org/

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