My Last Goodbye
Your brother is going away to college. I looked for a way to pack his stuff so his bedding would...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | Aug 13, 2022
Your brother is going away to college. I looked for a way to pack his stuff so his bedding would...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | Aug 4, 2022
I danced with my daughter in the kitchen today. We were celebrating an answer to prayer that...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | May 22, 2022
I saw us all standing in the photo, back when we were six. We were so real, as we had always...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | May 2, 2022
I’ve been in the pit. If you’ve been looking it’s been six weeks since I...
Read Moreby Melissa Shaffer | Mar 14, 2022
They told us that grief affects each person differently. Maybe I was too traumatized to lay this...
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.