Month: August 2021
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Not the Right Answer
I’ll admit it – it’s been over 5 years and I’m still having trouble asking God for safety. Some days, when I hear people around me include in their prayers a request that God keep certain people safe, a cynical voice in my head says, “Yeah, good luck with that.” I have prayed regularly for […]
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After
My life has an ‘after’. My world blew up when my son, David Glasser, a Phoenix Police Officer, was killed in the line of duty. Many of my expectations and dreams for what my future was going to be were snatched away. Now there is a ‘before’ and an ‘after’ – a major dividing line […]
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Before
My life has a ‘before’. Before my son, David Glasser, a Phoenix Police Officer, was killed in the line of duty on May 18, 2016, my world was a different place. It was a place where my family was whole. When I think back to ‘before’, there is a special light that shows up in […]
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Hidden Landmines
“Do you have any children?” It’s a natural, ‘getting to know you’ question asked pretty early on in our first conversations with people. My husband and I moved out of Arizona to the Denver area at the beginning of the pandemic so we have a lot of these ‘meeting new people’ conversations. I used to […]
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It’s Permanent
There is a cost. There is a commitment. Love leaves a mark. The cost is being more concerned about another person than you are about yourself. What I want is not the most important thing when I love someone. Commitment means loving this person even when they are unlovable. Sometimes it means offering help and […]
My Family Bleeds Blue 