Source: MSN, 7/25/21



Lorraine Ruiz, 23, was born in Atlixco, Mexico, but came to San Antonio, Texas, with her parents three days before her eighth birthday. The family was so distracted by the move that they forgot all about celebrating Lorraine. It was close to dusk, she said, when her father — a software engineer who’d been hired by an American company — remembered. “It wasn’t until the sun was coming down that my dad was like, 'It’s Lorraine’s birthday today!’” Ruiz said. By the hotel pool, the family had an impromptu celebration, singing “Cumpleanos Feliz,” “Happy Birthday.”

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