“What would we have done without that tree?”

Pieter ClicteurPhotography
Written by Dorothée van den Berghe

"My husband had a heart attack while driving through the Soignes Forest. His car crashed into a tree. The shock made his heart beat again. What would we have done without that tree?" (HeArt)

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