Category: Living Without My Child

The Hardest Part

by Melissa Shaffer | Mar 8, 2023

. I used to think that my love for you was so fierce that I would die for you. I...

by Melissa Shaffer | Nov 16, 2022

. There is an anniversary but I never know when it’s going to hit. I can’t really...

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 4, 2022

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

by 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...

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 14, 2022

Whenever I doubt God, all I have to do is look at this picture of you. Yahweh gave me three...

by Melissa Shaffer | Feb 7, 2022

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