THE PAIN OF MOURNING IS PHYSICAL TOO The pain is so horrible I almost don't want to tell you about it, but if I do, then you'll understand why God means so much to me now. Most people could imagine what it would feel like to have an child suddenly killed, although I think it may be worse to watch your poor child slowly die from a disease or accident. Maybe not. Maybe the slowness gets you ready, but either way, it's the most unnatural thing that shatters you to a nothingness you could never even imagine. I think losing a child is probably the worst thing that could ever happen to a person. I would gladly trade my life for my son's and most of the mothers I have met who have lost a child, feel the same way. It is very hard to go on after losing a child. Normally, when you cry, it is emotional and then you calm down, but the pain of losing a child is not just emotional, it is also physical. It feels like a knife is going through your heart 24/7 and also like...
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott My name is Teresa (Terry) DiPietro and I am the mother of Staff Sergeant Donald John DiPietro, United States Marine Corps. It has been more than eight years that I have been fighting for justice in the tragic death of my beloved son and with God's help, I will send 391st District Judge Thomas J. Gossett to prison for accepting bribes from Malcolm G. McBurnett who killed my son on his 11th DWI. TWO DRUNKS PUSHED A TRUCK INTO THE ROAD, IN THE DARK, WITHOUT THEIR LIGHTS ON CAUSING MY SON TO DIE IN FRONT OF THE PARTY RANCH BAR IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - My son was on his motorcycle, doing the speed limit with no substances in his system. It was 7:30 at night, on a dark country road, in a West Texas town of about 100,000 called San Angelo. The road gradually inclined and at the top of the incline was the Party Ran...