From the back cover
Doctors gave her five minutes to live. She decided: this will not be my story. More than twenty-five years later, she is finally the one telling it.
She was twenty-two, with everything ahead of her. Then, in an instant, everything shattered. A massive stroke left Kristin Tracy Porter relearning how to walk, how to talk, and how to face a stranger in the mirror. Everyone expected her to settle for less. She refused. Over two decades, she fought her way through graduate school, crossed a 5K finish line, buried friends she thought she'd grow old with, and found the courage to love again. When medicine could only take her so far, she discovered a faith that changed everything.
Raw, brave, and triumphant, After the Shatter is for anyone who has watched their life break apart and wondered if it could ever be whole again.
Kristin's answer is yes. But not in the way you think.
Inside these pages
What the story explores
Resilience
Not the absence of struggle, but what we choose to build in the middle of it.
Identity
Who are we when the life we planned, and the person we were, suddenly changes?
Grief
Making room for loss honestly, without rushing toward a tidy ending.
Faith
A perspective that reshaped how Kristin sees her story and her future.
Healing
A personal and unfinished process, not a promise or a finish line.
Rebuilding
Learning to walk, to speak, and to hope again, one step at a time.
Who it's for
For anyone whose life has changed in an instant.
Readers navigating illness, recovery, grief, or a sudden shift in identity, and those who walk alongside them.
The book is one expression of Kristin's message. Hear the rest in person.
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