Mommy, I Want a New Heart媽媽，我想要個新的心臟

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My husband died suddenly when my son was 5 years old. I sat him down the next day to explain to him that daddy had died. I had to do it in a calm, almost practical①practical 英 ['pr?kt?k(?)l] 美 ['pr?kt?kl]adj. 實際的；實用性的tone because I didn't want him to cry. I felt that he was too young for his heart to be broken that way. He took it all in calmly.

Then he said to me, "Mommy, I want a new heart, this one hurts."

I learned that day how much physical②physical 英 ['f?z?k(?)l] 美 ['f?z?kl]adj. 物理的；身體的；物質的effort it takes to stop oneself from crying.

兒子5歲時，丈夫突然離世。第二天，我和他坐下來，想要向他解釋父親不在了這件事。我的語氣必須要十分鎮靜，甚至實事求是一般，因為我不想他哭鬧。他還太小，不應該承受這樣的心碎。但是他十分冷靜地接受了這件事。

然后，他對我說：“媽媽，我想要換個新的心，現在的心太痛了。”

那天，我才知道讓自己不哭泣需要多大的力氣。