The two biggest surprises of my life

After my parents got divorced, my father played the role of father and mother. He forgot to tell me two important things about myself that would surprise me later on in life. My first surprise in life was when I went to kinder garden. On the very first day, the teacher was calling attendance and she called "Luz Nereida". I did not answer. I Nobody ever call me for that name before. She told me that is your name and you have to answer next time your hear it. I cried until I got home that day. I told my grandmother and my uncles. Later, my father got home, I ran into his arms and told him what had happened in class that day. He told me " honey that is your name Luz Nereida, but Lucy is just your nickname". I said "what? why? I cried even more. I guess after awhile I got used to it. Years later, when I had to go to college and I had to take my birth certificate so that I could register for classes. It was the first time I saw it and to my surprise it said that I was born on September 11th, and here my father had me believing for the first 18 years of my life, mind you, that I was born on September 21st. I now share my birthday with my older sister who was also born on September 11st, two years before me.