Lub Dub Sounds Of The Heart -

Lub-dub. You are here. Lub-dub. You are loved. Lub-dub. Rest now.

“That,” said Grandfather, “is the sound of being alive.” lub dub sounds of the heart

The sound was fainter, but it was there—the same steady rhythm. Lub-dub

That night, Elara didn’t hide under the blanket. She placed one hand on Barnaby and one hand on her chest. The dark was still there, but the sound no longer scared her. It felt like a friend counting time just for her. You are loved

Little Elara was afraid of the dark. Every night, as her mother tucked her in and clicked off the lamp, the shadows in her room grew long and strange. But the worst part wasn’t the shadows. It was the sound.

Elara’s eyes went wide. “That’s you!”

“The sound,” she said. “That lub-dub thing. It won’t let me sleep.”