"I can draw a seedling with two tiny branches. yours and mine. we'll be our own brand-new, tiny family tree - one that starts wtih us"(278).
After Atlas takes Josh to meet his dad, Josh decides that he doesn't want to meet someone that never made an effort to connect with him. Josh tells Atlas that they are going to start their own family tree and erase everything below them.
- Cutting out toxic people.
- Revisiting past trauma.
- Learning to live in the present.