What do you say when your friend's baby dies? What do you say when her second baby is tragically stillborn? Is there any 'right' way to respond to grief? And when you're the one who's suffering, how do you get through the day? What do you say to the God you follow; the God who could have prevented such tragedy? Hannah Boland and Cecily Paterson wrote letters to each other for a year after Hannah's second baby's funeral. This candid Christian correspondence is sometimes tragic, sometimes wry and often awkward, but it is also honest, real and hopeful.
What do you say when your friend's baby dies? What do you say when her second baby is tragically stillborn? Is there any 'right' way to respond to gri...
Hannah could not have been happier when she fell pregnant with their son Stephen. After yet another miscarriage, passing through the first trimester of pregnancy uneventfully was cause for celebration. But when she received news that their precious baby suffered from a rare brain abnormality, she, along with her husband, began an awesome journey to understand God's purpose for their son's life. Follow Hannah's story through the joy of her son's life, her grief over his death, and her very raw and honest trials in her faith. For more support regarding a baby diagnosis, or resources to assist...
Hannah could not have been happier when she fell pregnant with their son Stephen. After yet another miscarriage, passing through the first trimester o...
Don't be fooled by the title. Australian author Hannah Boland is a faithful servant of Jesus. But having lost a second near full-term baby in 2013, Hannah was forced to face the deep, often unanswered questions of the Christian faith and to peel away the layers of fluff or "superstition" to see what really lies at the heart of her faith, and to discover anew what it means to know God. To help her do this, Hannah engaged the help of three of her most trusted Godly mentors, and asked them to respond in whatever way they chose with only one condition: they were not allowed to give answers based...
Don't be fooled by the title. Australian author Hannah Boland is a faithful servant of Jesus. But having lost a second near full-term baby in 2013, Ha...