Month: September 2019
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When the Answer is No
I asked. I begged. The night after my son, David Glasser, a Phoenix Police Officer, was shot and was laying in a hospital bed attached to machines while his brain waves gradually disappeared, I felt a level of hopelessness that I had never experienced before. The pain of the reality of what was happening continued […]
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I Hate Sirens……..Because I Know
The sound of sirens makes my stomach churn. It means members of my Blue Family are rushing to take care of business. They are putting themselves at risk – not knowing what they are walking into. Just like my son, David Glasser, a Phoenix Police Officer, didn’t know it would be his last call when […]
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I’m Not a Screamer
Normally I am not a screamer. But on this day, I screamed. And I didn’t stop for a long time. It was several months after my son, David Glasser, who was a Phoenix Police Officer, was killed in the line of duty. I remember sitting, staring off into the distance with my mind swirling with […]
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Happy Man Christmas!
Today is the day! Man Christmas is traditionally the first day of professional football. I know football officially started earlier this week but David Glasser, my son who was a Phoenix Police officer who was killed in the line of duty in 2016, would be celebrating today. He considered this to be the best day […]
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In the Dark
The fence is down. I”m talking about the fence around the Phoenix Memorial Cemetery where my son, David Glasser, a Phoenix Police Officer killed in the line of duty on May 18, 2016, is buried. I hope the management of the cemetery doesn’t read this blog because the truth is that the fence never kept […]
My Family Bleeds Blue 