5 Years
5 years. I just cannot believe that it's true. It doesn't seem possible. 5 years is such a long time...Its almost as though a few lifetimes have passed since that day. Can you remember what you were doing 5 years ago? I remember each moment....like they were yesterday. The day that Parklen received Paysen's life saving gift of marrow. Parklen has now lived as long after as he did before . Day zero is the center point of his existence thus far. The thing that all of his pain led him to.... and the moment that has made every moment since possible. Life today isn't what I thought it might be back then. As we trudged forward toward the transplant....believing in faith that Parklen would make it to the other side..... No, life isn't exactly how I had imagined..... But the heartache that would have been without that day....cannot be measured. You kind of paint an unattainable image of how the years to come will look. When you’re faced with such an i