I found out tonight that my name is Nina Susan.  I checked my birth certificate.  It is nice to know what my name is.  As the story is told, I’m named after my two grandmothers.  Maternal side Nina with the long i..mine is Nina pronounced Neena and the Sue from my paternal grandmother.  I actually knew my dad’s mother.  She went by Susie..all of the mail, all of the geneology records and her gravestone lists her as Susie.

But MY MOTHER says her name was Susan…

As a child, my mother would call me Nina Susan when she was angry, but for the most part, she and everyone else in my family called me Nina Sue.  At some point in my life, my mother told me my name was Nina Sue…which I thought made more sense… Nina Susie sounded wierd and only mother called me Nina Susan.  I was confused…Jenny asked me one day what my name really was and I didn’t know.  I DID NOT KNOW WHAT MY REAL NAME WAS.  I thought several times about getting into the personal paper box to look up my birth certificate but just never got around to it…until tonight.

I’m Nina Susan….and Grandma Green will be known for eternity as Susie.  My family – what is left of them – will probably still call me Nina Sue but my name is Nina Susan….There is a peace that comes with the answer.

Until next time….