"Well, whatever it was," she said with a smile. "I'm eternally grateful." She laughed at the story her grandpa had told her about her own coloring, then held her tummy and shook her head. "When I was little, my best friend was blonde and we were like, looking at each other and comparing one day. So I asked my grandpa why I was so dark and tan when my friend was all pale and blonde with blue eyes, and he told me that when I was an angel in heaven before my mom had me, I got too close to the sun."