My name is Merry Mikayla Cole but everybody calls me Mina,because that's the way I like it:) I got this name because when I was a baby my older sister Marelle called me Mina,thinking she was saying Merry and the name stuck.
I was born in St.Petersberg Florida on April 3rd 1998. I have a four person family,Me,My Mom,My Dad,and My older sister(by two years) Marelle.But if I was going to tell you everybody in my family I would have to include quite a few more:My Grandparents,"Grandma and Grandpa": Some of by best friends:D Their homes have always been my "Home away from Home"s and now their home really is my home;)
Jason and Tami(or J+T)Very very close family friends,We have known Jason since I was born and Tami, his wonderful South African wife,Only came into our lives a few years ago but it feels like I've known her forever,I consider them just as much as family as any of my other family members:)
Uncle Andy,Aunt Chrysti,Cali,and Luke,My Aunt,Uncle and cousins,We are very close,they are such nice people and they can always make me laugh
The rest of my family,cousins,aunts,uncles,great grandparents,there are so many of you it would be hard to write them all:)
And of course my friends,Sonya,my very best friend,So funny and cool
Nicki and Alyssa,always there,even if you're miles away:)
Maggie,Abby,and Leah Frick,they have always been such great friends
And many more:) :)
Anyway,whew! that was a lot of names!
As I said I was born in St.Pete FL and lived there with my great parents,and my super cool sis,till I was 9 years old.
Life in that big city was always busy! My parents,being the wonderful generous people they are,were always taking somebody in who needed a home:) The most memberable people that ever lived with us though,were Kendra and Mackenzie,two of my second or third cousins that lived with us for about a year and a half,it was certainly an adventure! We had some crazy times and I think of them often.
My father used to be a Pastor at Calvary Chapel church,but when I was around three,my parents were led to start a home church instead,and we still have one:) It is an amazing way to do church,the people in the church really get to know and care about each other as they learn about God.
Yes we certainly were having some great times in that town,but it was time for a new adventure,in a new place,with some new people,so when I was nine,we moved about and hour and a half away from St.Pete to a very small town with only about 180 people in it,called Nobleton.
Nobleton ended up being an amazing place,with some great people,and once we moved up there our faithful friend Jason came too:) he bought a house very close by,and not to long after he got married to Tami and she came too! Soon out Grandparents decided to sell their house too,but sadly they haven't had any luck yet:( but they did find a nice house in Nobelton so now they come back and forth during the week.So now we were living in a nice new Double Wide and meeting lots of new people,me and Marelle made quite a few new friends,and most of them are still friends now! After three years of living in that house we decided,to rent it to my uncle Nathen,and his family.So we moved on to my grandparents house that they bought in Nobelton and now we live there by ourselves for five days a week and share it with my grandparents for the other two days:) It's a wonderful place to live and I love it! The river in the back yard is a great touch too!
So that's my life, who knows where it will take me next:)
Thanks for reading!
-Mina:)
