Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Brian,
Remembering All who have served and lost their lives serving our nation. Remembering all who are still serving and the ones coming up who will serve. Thank you for all you have given.

Ken, Mom, Kendall Persin

Ken, Mom, Kendall Persin

May 30, 2011

Dear Brian,
Missing you so much and remembering you this Memorial Day! You didn't die in a war but you still died serving your country on active duty at the time of your death. We may never know the truth to what really happen and I just ask for GOD to give me peace each day until we meet again. Nothing will ever bring you back and even if I could I wouldn't. You are in a much better place and I know one day I will hold you in my arms again. I carry you in my heart and hold you in my memories until we meet again.
Sending my love on angels wings

I love and miss you
Mom

Tammy Persin
Mother

May 30, 2011

Just wanted to say you were on my mind this week of the police memorial. Two friends called me from D.C to say they were visiting your special place on the wall. This time of year always brings back the memories of when I would pick you up for the summer. I think of you each and every day. You are loved and missed!!!

Thomas Gleason
Father-Retired Police Captain

May 18, 2011

May 15th, Law Enforcement Memorial Day

I salute you on this special day and thank you for your dedicated service to law enforcement and your Country. You have not been forgotten. I leave the following for your Mom as I know she can relate to this quote that I recently found:

"Do not judge the bereaved mother...She comes in many forms...She is breathing, but she is dying...She may look young, but inside she has become ancient...She smiles, but her heart sobs...She walks, she talks, she cooks, she cleans, she works, she IS, but she IS NOT, all at once...She is here, but part of her is elsewhere for eternity." Author Unknown

Bob Gordon
Father of Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

May 14, 2011

Dear Brian,
Remembering YOU this Police Week! You will never be forgotten and all that you did in such a short time. We could not be more PROUD of YOU. We are so thankful that you did get to live long enough to enjoy your dream of becoming a Military Police Officer. We also remember all those who gave their lives in the line of duty and their families. We love and miss you so very much!

I love you
Mom

Tammy Persin
Mother

May 14, 2011

Dear Brian,
Yesterday was Mothers Day once again. We went to your grave to be as close to you as we could on this earth. It just seems so not fair to have to visit your child at a grave on Mothers Day. Its so hard to take with such a senseless death that did not have to happen! I am the one and our family are the ones who have been given a life sentence to serve on this earth without you here. Life goes on and people forget but we always live in pain and our life stops. We move on the best we can but nothing in our lives can ever go back to normal. We will never have you back on earth and never have the memories of what your life would have become. You were only 20 just starting out to begin your journey. We will never see the grandchildren we might have had and all the other memories that were taken from our lives. We just do the best we can from day to day and your always on our minds. Its just such a shame your life was cut so short and Kendall has had to grow up without her brother and all the memories that have been taken from her. I could not have asked for a better son and we are so very proud of you. One day I will see you again and NO one can take you from me!

I love YOU
Mom

Tammy Persin
mother

May 9, 2011

Dear Brian,
Thinking of you this Easter season. We have been remembering that this was the last time you ever got to come home was Easter of 2000. What precious memories that I hold dear to my heart and that Kendall has of you helping her with her eggs! I still have your Army man egg in the freezer and my heart will not let me get rid of it yet. Kendall and I went out yesterday and fixed your grave up and put new flowers on for Easter and it looks very pretty. We miss and love you so very much and 11 years later it still has not gotten better missing you here. I just wish I could hold and see you one more time! We love you and HAPPY EASTER SON!
Love you so much
Mom

Anonymous

April 20, 2011

Thinking of you today, thankyou for your service. You will never be forgotten. God bless your family

POLICE OFFICER
PHILA PA

March 31, 2011

Dear Brian,
I know I haven't posted any reflections lately, but I pray to God a lot of times to let you know I miss you and love you very much. Happy Birthday!! You would be the big 3-1 today! :) I am sure you are having an amazing celebration in Heaven. I think about you absolutely everyday. I talk about you a lot to to everyone. I wish you could have met Michael, my boyfriend. He is very sweet to me. You would get along so well. I wish you could be here now, but I know you are in a much better place now. People that knew you said I look a lot like you. I take that as such a compliment. You would be surprised at how much we would have gotten along these days. I love playing Call of Duty. I wish we could play together. Anyways, I could keep saying "I wish" throughout this reflection, but instead, I will just end it by saying I love you, and I will always miss you until the day I can see you again.
I love you so much Brian!
Love, Your Little Sister

Kendall
Your Little Sister

January 14, 2011

Dear Brian,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hard to believe you would be 31 years old today! I would give anything to go over every day of your life again and not have taken one of them for granted! Oh how I miss and love you so so much! Time goes by so fast. Kendall is now 20 years old the age of you when you were killed. You would be so proud of her. She is so proud of you and we talk about you everyday. We will get you a cake as always today and still celebrate your life living in heaven. We Love and miss you so much.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MOM, KEN, KENDALL

Anonymous

January 14, 2011

My Dearest Brian,
Well Its still early this Christmas morning and I have been up since 5:00 getting ready for company to arrive. Oh how I miss you so much just wishing you could be here with us. I have sat alone while everyone else is still asleep going over past memories at this time of year. You brought so much joy to our family and your smile was priceless. I just wish I could kiss your face just once and not have the memory of my last kiss kissing your cold coffin. I never got to kiss your precious face goodbye and if I had it to go over I would have made them let me no matter what you looked like. You were still my baby no matter what. Every day that passes is just one day closer to being with you and that helps to keep me going. what a time you must be having in HEAVEN! I love and miss you so much and will still set a place for you at the table.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
I LOVE YOU
MOM

Anonymous

December 25, 2010

Thinking of you and all of your loved ones during this Christmas Holiday. Continue to watch over all of them. I have the Blue Light on in my window should you need to find us to drop in for a visit. You have not been forgotten.

Bob Gordon
Father of Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

December 24, 2010

Brian, you leave behind a proud legacy even in your short time in this profession. Like your dad, you chose to serve. God bless you for your sacrifice, you are a warrior, and you are no doubt missed.

Lt. Dave Smith (ret.)

December 15, 2010

I was listening to the song on you tube "some gave all" and thought of you. I made a donation this year to the wounded warriors in your memory. As we approach the Christmas season you are close to my heart.

Father
N/A

December 7, 2010

Dear Brian,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We LOVE and MISS YOU so VERY MUCH! Holidays are never the same without you but with Gods help we always make it through them. I hold our past memories as close as I can and hold you in my heart! I look forward to our future together forever. I have been so blessed with the 20 years to have you on this earth and blessed you are waiting for me in heaven! I pray for all our families who are missing their loved ones today. I love you.

Mom

Anonymous

November 25, 2010

Brian,
I miss and love you so very much. I want to thank you for your service to our country even though it was cut so short and at such a young age. You did not really have a chance to begin life. You gave the ultimate price. You gave your all and did your best. You gave your life. I just wish for just a little more time! You are not forgotten this Veterans Day and I think about you every day. I hold dear to our precious memories and look forward to having eternal life with you when my time comes never to be apart again. We love you son!

Sending my love on angels wings
I love you
mom

Anonymous

November 12, 2010

Thinking of you on Veterans Day. Thankyou for your dedicated serviced to your Country. You have not been forgotten.

Bob Gordon
Father of Chicago Officer; Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

November 10, 2010

Dear Brian,
Well ten years ago today we laid you to rest. I know that I keep saying it but it still seems like yesterday still
and I can remember every detail from start to finish. We ordered a brick in your Honor with your name and emblem for Enterprise High Schools new school and walkway. I also ordered daddy one since he graduated from there also. Just keeping your memory alive and never forgotten in any way I can. I love and miss you so much son and the only thing that gives me peace is I know where you are without a doubt!

I love you
Mom

Anonymous

August 14, 2010

A decade has passed since you were called away from duty, but the sweet memories your loved ones and close friends have of you will make you live forever. I know today will be an exhausting day for your parents as grief takes its toll on us because parents are not suppose to out live their children. Continue to watch over your parents and your sister, protect them. You have not been forgotten.

Bob Gordon
Father of Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

August 8, 2010

My Dearest Brian,
Well its that time again and now it has been 10 years. I don't say I am in count down week days anymore because every day is a count down day to seeing you sooner. Each day that passes is a day sooner to getting to hold you in my arms again. I love and miss you so much that it hurts just as if it were yesterday. Thinking on what might have been and the what ifs. Nothing on this earth can change any of those things and I just have to keep holding on to one more day closer to see you. I still pray for closure and maybe one day that will come. Until then I send you my love and hold you in my heart. No one can ever take that from me. I love you so much!

Mom

Anonymous

August 8, 2010

Dearest Brian,
I can still remember you as a boy and I will always treasure all the memories I have of you. You are forever a part of my life and you live forever in my heart. I will always love you and miss you.
"Aunt" Pamelah

Pamelah Carr
Friend

July 23, 2010

Brian, I can't believe it has been almost 10 years since your passing and Justin's as well. I find it very difficult in coming to these pages and reading, but yet they are uplifting to know we all are not alone. God bless your Mom and Dad, for I know what they feel everyday, in the way they miss you. But we are blessed through you and Justin and everything you have brought to our lives, both in living and in death. You and your family are always in my prayers, we are all one, and the good Lord knows that. I feel the warmth of an embrace and hear the windchimes start when I round a corner, I know you both are there.
Tammy and Thomas, thank you for your thoughtfulness and
kind words. I hope you are doing well. 10 years but
still yesterday.

Cindy Cain
Mom of Justin Cain, Lagrange PD and MP

June 30, 2010

I was just thinking about the times we shared during the summer around Father's day. I still miss you very much.

Love always, Dad

Tom Gleason
Father

June 21, 2010

Dear Brian,
Thinking about you in a special way during Police Week. You loved what you did and your time was cut so short. You were a GREAT Police Officer and you made us so very proud. I just don't understand things and why they have to happen the way they do, but none of us do that have lost our loved one. I'm just thankful for the 20 short years I had to be your mother. I say that with Honor in having you as my son. Again I carry you in my heart and I hold you in my memories until I see you again.

I love you
Mom

Anonymous

May 15, 2010

Thinking of you and all of your loved ones today, Police Officer Memorial Day. Continue to stay close and guard over your loved ones. I know they think of you every day and that they carry those precious memories of you in their broken hearts.
"If people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever." Author Unknown

You have not been forgotten.

Bob Gordon
Father of Chicago Officer: Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

May 15, 2010