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Surviving Child Loss A QUIET CRISIS:
Bereaved parents exist in silent trauma. They look normal. They act normal. Their reality is anything but normal.

Sometimes all they can do is push play.

If your heart’s cracked open and the wind’s whistlin’ through we have a radio show for you. Todd and I created Sparrow F...
18/03/2026

If your heart’s cracked open and the wind’s whistlin’ through we have a radio show for you. Todd and I created Sparrow Falls with original music and stories for all those who need to know, their sorrow is welcome here:

In the quiet valley of Sparrow Falls, sorrow isn’t rushed away—it’s welcomed. This premiere episode explores lament—the lost language God gave us for suffer...

My song, "I Am A Ghost At Christmas" is now on YouTube.
22/12/2025

My song, "I Am A Ghost At Christmas" is now on YouTube.

Bereaved parents find the Christmas holiday season a mix of joy and pain. This is a song Todd Shaffer wrote as a gift for his wife, Melissa, many years after...

Christmas is always hard since losing my son almost 6 years ago. In some ways it’s easier, but the hard edges still have...
20/12/2025

Christmas is always hard since losing my son almost 6 years ago. In some ways it’s easier, but the hard edges still have their shards in me. I wrote this song for my wife to reflect our shared grief.

Tristan loved Christmas. He loved decorating, loved throwing our cats into the first snow (which usually happened around Christmas), and he loved building the Christmas village and always snuck in his action figures. Everything about Christmas reminds us he is absent.

Listen here:

https://sparrowfalls.org/ghost-at-christmas/

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