Category: Grief

Two Lines That Sum It All Up

by Melissa Shaffer | Nov 11, 2022

I finally found a place where I feel at home. My sorrow and longing blend into the...

by 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...

by Melissa Shaffer | Aug 4, 2022

I danced with my daughter in the kitchen today. We were celebrating an answer to prayer that...

by Melissa Shaffer | May 2, 2022

I’ve been in the pit. If you’ve been looking it’s been six weeks since I...

by Melissa Shaffer | Mar 14, 2022

They told us that grief affects each person differently. Maybe I was too traumatized to lay this...

by Melissa Shaffer | Mar 7, 2022

When Tristan went to heaven I was immediately flung into the land of affliction. It’s a land...

by Melissa Shaffer | Feb 28, 2022

Photo by Roy Lukes——————– Missing you makes me want to...

by Melissa Shaffer | Feb 7, 2022

Seventeen days. That’s how long we had once we learned you didn’t want to live...