I was just told this story: leaving church one night when Brenda was pregnant with her twins, the parishoners saw a lunar eclipse and pushed her back into the building. Folks here believe they can cause birth defects, specifically cleft palates. So Brenda was given a safety pin to put on her shirt as protection, before she could venture outside.
From church, they went to a local restaurant, Papa's Pantry for dinner. During the course of the dinner, her husband, Rudy received many calls on his cell phone from folks eager to warn Brenda not to go outside without safety pins. And the other diners brought pins to their table for Brenda to wear.
One of her lovely little boys was born with a cleft lip, and some people think it is because of the eclipse. The doctors think it was because the other twin couldn't keep his feet out of his brother's mouth in utero. Brenda had done her part. By the end of the evening she had 20 safety pins on her shirt. It goes to show that if you're in this community, they really take care of you.
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