When God Says No…
I anxiously fiddled with the radio dial trying to pull up a Christian radio station before the...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | Jan 24, 2021
I anxiously fiddled with the radio dial trying to pull up a Christian radio station before the...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | Jan 22, 2021
I was going to see about a puppy, or so I thought. How could I have known that God was taking me...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | Jan 22, 2021
We buried you today. We stayed until the very very end. The sales guys in suits were back in their...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | Dec 8, 2020
I recently listened to two sermons on suicide. One pastor yelled at his congregation and demanded...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | Nov 29, 2020
A Mother's Tear I don’t remember much during my first weeks of grief. But I found this email...
Read MoreTo read what I wrote when I was new to grief, scroll to the bottom of this page and click the last page number. This will allow you to read from the beginning. Clicking "next" at the bottom of each post will help you navigate chronologically.