Bellybuttons and Such

The question of the day was one of those things that make you go, "Hmmm..." :)

I think the bellybutton is where God poked a finger in to see if Adam and Eve were "done" yet.... so yes, they had bellybuttons. (Innies, Cereals. LOL) But the little divot on your top lip has a reason for being there, too...

This story is from our family friend, Lani, who for years and years and years was our Grandma Bovee's best friend.  (I have a picture of Lani, Grandma, and Grandma Jeane sitting on the couch with  Megan as a newborn, and I've always thought of it as the "Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather" picture... She was like an "extra" grandma, two for the price of one!)

Lani was not a "religious" person, she was simply Lani. If you said, "Oh, God!" she'd quick clasp her hands in prayer and peek out from tightly clenched eyes to whisper, "Go ahead, He's listening!" She didn't Bible-thump, she walked the walk.

When Megan was itty bitty, Lani exclaimed over her cute little lips and showed me the little dip in the upper lip, saying it was from "where the angels put a finger there before you were born, and said, "Shhhh!" as a reminder not to talk about where you were in heaven before you came to earth."

See why we were allowed to have her in our lives? :)