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  1. Feb 2020
    1. listeners must be strong enough to hear the story without injury to themselves and 186 Critical Insights without either blaming or disbelieving the teller.

      Yes I agree that you have to be locked in and able to take that information and believe it. Nor blaming it on someone.

    2. This act of reconstruction “actually transforms the traumatic memory,” making it possible for survivors to live with their trauma

      I think talking about the event and truly care and take time to help them get through what they’ve been through.

  2. Jan 2020
    1. He should've carried her up the stairs to her room and tied her to the bed and touched that left knee all night long. He should've risked it. Whenever he looked at the photographs, he thought of new things he should've done

      He really misses and wishes he had did things to probably strengthen the bond

    2. because he knew she had boyfriends, because he loved her so much, and because he could see the shadow of the picture-taker spreading out against the brick wall

      He’s very conscious and very worried and puts puzzle pieces together

    3. They were signed Love, Martha, but Lieutenant Cross understood that Love was only a way of signing and did not mean what he sometimes pretended it meant

      Are they dating or just good friends type deal