The Pain We Hold Inside
Grieving Parent
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I was in shock and didn’t want to believe that this was actually happening to me. There was no way my baby was lying there helpless and not breathing. My mind moved at the speed of light, and in a matter of seconds every moment of my son’s life flashed before my eyes. I immediately remembered the first flutter in my stomach when I carried him in my womb. I remembered the smell of his breath when he was a baby, the smiles he gave me on his first day of kindergarten when I dropped him off for his first day at the “big boy school,” as he called it.
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When author Dionne Mack awoke the morning of November 17, 2010, she was overcome with sadness and for an unknown reason she felt like something bad was going to happen. The feeling followed her all that day and little did she know, everything around her was about to become permanently altered. She received a call that every parent fear, her only son collapsed while playing basketball at the local recreation center. He couldn’t be revived.
In The Pain We Hold Inside, she narrates her gut-wrenching story, describing how she was unable to grieve because of the circumstances surrounding her son’s death. Dionne tells her truth and explains in detail the hurdles she faced while attempting to right the wrongs that ultimately resulted in the loss of her child.
This memoir highlights Dionne’s pain, confusion, anger, and coping mechanisms. It chronicles a roller coaster of emotions a parent feels when he or she lose a child.
About the Author
Dionne Mack, a mother of three, an entrepreneur, an author, a Logistics Manager and motivational speaker who was born in Florida but spent most of her adult life in Atlanta. A single mother for a period who still managed to graduate college, attend her children’s sport and gymnastic events while taking care of home and working a full-time job. She is the epitome of strength when it is needed the most.