Madonna's story shows how you CAN recover from your worst nightmare

THIS is a story of how you can recover after your worst nightmare. It’s the story of a mother whose three children died. Madonna Badger, 49, was an art director, for people like Calvin Klein, and owned a successful company in New York.

Two Christmases ago, she was still the mother of three girls, Lily, aged 9, and twins Sarah and Grace, aged 7.

Madonna and her ex-husband, Matthew Badger, were on good terms, and Madonna had started a relationship with Mike Borcina, who had renovated her new home in Stamford, Connecticut. Madonna was the daughter of Lomer and Pauline Johnson, who had been happily married forever.