Santa Shortbread Quotes

“She knew that she should; it was the only way to integrate the nightmares with her logical daytime thoughts. The therapists she had seen in the past talked about exposing her fears to the light of day, desensitizing herself so that she could handle the feelings and work through them.”
― P.D. Workman, Santa Shortbread

“Someday, she’d be able to talk about it and to describe it without the sick feeling in her stomach and the feelings of panic and despair. Eventually, it would just be a story, something she had witnessed, and not a memory that ripped the breath right out of her.”
― P.D. Workman, Santa Shortbread

“Talking about it meant not allowing herself to heal from trauma, but continually ripping off the scab that had started to form and making it bleed all over again.”
― P.D. Workman, Santa Shortbread