As I drove back to Holden's house after my consultation with Christine, my mind was flooded with memories of Jackson. It had been nearly 10 years since that experience and I'd done so much healing, but it could still cause me pain. I remember initially just praying every day that I could have one day when I would forget about him. Where his memory wouldn't cause me constant turmoil; a day of peace. Eventually, I got to a point where when I think of him I would pray, and thank God for all the days I hadn't thought of him. The most important thing that got me through it was a quote I had read a few years after disappearing from his life.
"Today my professor told me every cell in our entire body is destroyed and replaced every seven years. How comforting it is to know one day I will have a
