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I’m Excited
Are you wondering how my book is going? Several months ago I told you I was writing a book about my journey of surviving the death of a child. My son, David Glasser, was a Phoenix Police Officer who was killed in the line of duty on May 18, 2016. The book is about halfway…
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Peace
Seven hundred years before he was born, God gave Isaiah this beautiful prophecy about Jesus Christ. (9:6) It all came true – “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.” Thank you, God, for giving us your son. Thank you for sending Jesus who has opened his arms wide to…
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The Most Difficult Time of the Year
Each day, as we get closer to Christmas, the hole in my heart grows a little bigger, and a little darker. The pain becomes a little stronger. It becomes increasingly harder not to focus on what I have lost. What my family has lost. David Glasser, my son, was a Phoenix Police Officer who was killed in…
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It’s a Quadruple Whammy
This will be my 7th Christmas without my son, David Glasser. He was a Phoenix Police Officer killed in the line of duty on May 18, 2016. If you have experienced loss, you have probably heard this many times – “the first year without them is the worst”. Crowds of people told me this during that…
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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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I Was Surprised
Some parts of my son’s funeral are foggy to me and other sections are crystal clear. My son, David Glasser, was a Phoenix Police Officer who was killed in the line of duty on May 18, 2016. I will never forget the feeling I had sitting in the front row of the huge church auditorium…
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They Were Wrong
They were wrong. I cannot tell you how many people told me “The first year is the hardest” after my son, David Glasser, who was a Phoenix Police Officer, was killed in the line of duty on May 18, 2016. They were all wrong. I had already lost my mom and my dad and my…
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Forever 34
It’s been it’s a struggle to move forward from May 18, 2016. That’s the day my world blew up. It’s a day that is etched into my mind by grief and pain – the day my son, David Glasser, who was a Phoenix Police Officer, was killed in the line of duty. I am blessed…
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The Best is Yet to Be
I’ve heard this phrase several times this last couple of weeks – the Best is Yet to Be. Thinking about my life here on earth, I’ve got to say – this just doesn’t apply to me. My ‘best’ here on earth was when my family was whole. It was before my son, David Glasser, a…
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A Very Long Season
I am in a very long season. My son, David Glasser, was a Phoenix Police Officer who was killed in the line of duty on May 18, 2016. My world turned upside down and then crumbled before it exploded. You get the picture. It caused an earthquake in my life that was 10.0 on the…