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HEART

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Wild Word Friday.

I could tell you that our English word HEART (the actual physical heart) comes from the Middle English herte and the Angle Saxon word heorte, which springs from the very ancient Indo-European base word kerd, and that all of them mean HEART. But you won’t find a better definition of HEART than this five-year-old’s legacy of  love.

http://www.godvine.com/5-Year-Old-Cancer-Victim-Leaves-Behind-Messages-103.html

Are you as blessed as I am? Any blessings you’d like to share?

Sue

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