Hearts and Brains

KakNgah asked me if it was true that our hearts are the size of our fist, and our brains are the size of our two fists put together. I put my two fists together, shrugged and told her that sounded about right to me. She looks at her two fists. Blinks. Wails: “My brain is so small!”

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  1. oh no, how did she recover? kids are so funny sometimes..
    i bet you'll remember this your whole life! i pray to have a girl someday, insya Allah
    eid mubarak~

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