Losing His Son, Gaining a Mission and Finding Forgiveness — Ernie Jackson

Ernie Jackson is a former pro athlete, author and international speaker. He is the author of 2 books including "Quinton's Messages." (www.amazon.com/Quintons-Messages-Ernie-Jackson/dp/0986344249 In 2009, the Jackson family was transformed forever when nine-year-old Quinton Stone Jackson, son of Ernie and Kristine and brother of Cheyanne, was killed in a tragic accident during the family's annual vacation. In this memoir. Ernie shares the eye-opening events that followed Quinton's death as Quinton visited them and left messages for Ernie and his family after his transition. These experiences opened the family's reality to a much larger universe. He shares a riveting account of embracing forgiveness at the most challenging level. Episode Highlights // + Running away from personal demons/issues + Feeling the need to always be in control + Finding his purpose through pain + Finding calm within his family facing such deep hardship + Immediately finding forgiveness towards someone who caused such pain + Becoming an author + What prevents people from living more fulfilling lives and how we all have to go through our own journey and everyone's timing in life is different + Not cooperating with the district attorney who wanted to press full charges against the woman who killed his son, and instead pushing to not see her charged.