Tag: stigma of suicide

God Gave Me a Breadcrumb

by Melissa Shaffer | Jan 10, 2022

The paramedics arrived and I had to leave you on that cold floor. My boy was now a crime scene....

by Melissa Shaffer | Jan 3, 2022

I couldn’t reach you. As the years dragged on I prayed harder. It was okay because we had...

by Melissa Shaffer | Dec 20, 2021

We are making the annual trek across the border, back home to Grandma’s house for...

by Melissa Shaffer | Dec 5, 2021

It’s snowing today. You delighted in the first snow. These flakes stay suspended in the air...

by Melissa Shaffer | Nov 28, 2021

I sat across the Thanksgiving table from Tristan’s best friend. I listened to him share...

by Melissa Shaffer | Nov 6, 2021

. . I remember when I could catch a glimpse of you at church during worship with everybody...

by Melissa Shaffer | Nov 1, 2021

I remember when you were born. I had prayed for a baby with blue eyes and blond curly hair and...

by Melissa Shaffer | Oct 25, 2021

I remember you catching my eye as you were lurched up into space, apprehensive of your first...