“Mama”, her son laid his small head on her chest
\nHe heard ‘thump thump’, as her chest rose and fell
\n“Mama, what is this sound from here?”, he asked
\nperplexed, pointing at the left side of her chest<\/p>\n
His mother smiled and said, “That is our heart
\nbeating, the sign that we are alive and well”
\nIt is just like the clock on the wall, with
\nits hand moving at every second, depicting time<\/p>\n
“What does our heart do?”, he asked, curious
\nOur heart pumps blood to all parts of our body
\nJust like we eat food when we are hungry
\nOur heart sends good blood to all our organs <\/p>\n
The heart sends the impure blood to our lungs,
\nwhich purifies the blood and sends it to the heart
\n“Do I have a heart too?”, he asked, fascinated
\n“Yes”, his mother gently placed his hand over it<\/p>\n
“Can the heart go on forever?”, he asked, innocently
\n“Yes, it can. We can donate our heart to others
\nWhen we breathe our last, our heart can be preserved
\nand fit into another body, to nurture another life”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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