She sat still, trying hard to let herself go.
She couldn’t.
She tried again, struggling to release her tightly clenched jaw.
She closed her eyes, willing herself to let go.
The more she thought about it, the more her breathing became choppy and irregular.
She swallowed hard the bitter taste of discouragement that filled her mouth.
Dry tears welled and gushed into the desert of her parched, desolate soul.