Category: Was Their Life Second Best?

Happily Ever After

by Melissa Shaffer | Jul 5, 2025

. One of the unexpected side effects of losing Tristan is that I can’t meet people in the...

by Melissa Shaffer | Dec 10, 2022

. Sawyer, my younger son, has not opened up to us much since Tristan ran to heaven. But...

by Melissa Shaffer | Jan 31, 2022

Dear God, you saved her! We all prayed and you saved her. I am weak with relief. But you know my...

by Melissa Shaffer | Oct 11, 2021

I have a new favorite passage of scripture, but it’s a weird one to highlight: But he...