Luke Luck

Fox in Socks

Dr. Seuss

For a while after Luke was born I had the Dr. Seuss tongue twister about Luke Luck found in the book "Fox in Socks" stuck in my head. 

Luke Luck likes lakes.
Luke's duck likes lakes.
Luke Luck licks lakes.
Luck's duck licks lakes.

Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.
Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

Well now it's even more ironic that that poem was stuck in my head. My husband went and looked back at the receipt we got after filing for the birth certificate. Instead of writing my son's name as "Luke" (as I had written it out on the form), they typed it up as "Luck." And in my postpartum sleep deprived state I did not catch it and signed off on it.

Luke Luck Receipt

We're now in the process of trying to correct the spelling of his name before the birth certificate is actually issued, but I can just see the people at the state vital records office saying "look, some hippie home birth mom named her kid born on St. Patrick's day 'Luck'." At very least it looks like "Luck" is going to be a permanent nickname for Luke.