Dear Piper,

Is it true that there are neurons in the heart?

–Elly

Dear Elly,

I went here and they said ‘yes!’ This, of course, must be where the phrase ‘heartache’ comes from. And it explains why it hurts so much when someone dumps you or when your dachshund gets run over by a car and you overhear your parents talking to the vet on the phone about it and the idea of a dog with a wooden leg doesn’t sound so bad to you but it sounds bad to your parents considering in their world it would be adding a dog with a wooden leg to a house with two toddlers and then you realize you’re never going to see your hot dog again and you cry.

–Piper