Month: April 2017
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Not ‘Flying By’
It’s been almost a year. An extremely long year. Some days felt like weeks…. there were months that felt like a year…. There was excruciating pain on Father’s Day as I tried to smile at my fatherless grand darlings. I was reminded of a multitude of lost dreams on Davey’s birthday. It was so hard […]
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When the Answer is No
I asked. I begged. I have never shared this with anyone before. The night after Davey was shot I went down to the hospital chapel all by myself. I walked up to the altar and laid facedown on the cold tile. And I begged God for a miracle. It was becoming increasingly obvious that […]
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So Many People
So much grief. So many tears. 140 Police Officers were killed in the line of duty last year. Multiply that number by the number of wives, children, moms, dads, sisters, brothers, friends, squad members and extended Blue Family members. The number becomes huge. And that was just for 2016. So, multiply that number by – […]
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Feeling It…..
left behind. I visit Davey’s spot in the cemetery every week to clean it and make sure it looks good. And to pray. I pray for our family, our extended ‘family’ which includes his squad and I pray for the families of the other fallen officers. The list of things that I’ve done that I […]
My Family Bleeds Blue 