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Picture of Me, Donna, Debi and David
I was laying awake at 4:30 this morning thinking for some unknown reason about names. I will start with Mickey's dad John Walter Collier, he goes by John, Mickey called him Daddy and for a while Honey, because that is what he heard him called, now he goes by Paw Paw to just about everyone. Mickey's mom was named an old southern name, Edna Erle (Strickland), her friends call her by both, her boys did not call her mom or mommy it was Mother; if knew her you would know this fit, she now goes by Nanny, even by her kids. My mom was named Evelyn Patricia (Mahoney) she is sometimes called Evie by a few friends, but mostly goes by Evelyn. She was Mom to us and our friends, Grama to her grandkids until great-grandson Jacob was born and he started calling her Colorado Grama, even though she now lives in Vegas. My dad was named David Duane Goins, he had lots of nick names; Dave, Buddy, Yogi, and Chief (he was a chief in the navy), I am sure there were more but I can't think of any right now. He was Dad to us and started out as Grampa when it was just my kids, when the other grandkids came along he became Poppa. Mickey was named Michael Wayne, but was always called Mickey, until he went to work at Dictaphone and the guy interviewing him called him Mike, he never corrected it. It came in handy when he was at home goofing off and work would call looking for "Mike"! He is Dad to his kids unless Teble wants something and then he is "Daaddddy", Grampa to his 3 favorite boys and Daddy to Izzy. I thought I was name Patricia after my mom, but Dad said I was named after an old girlfriend, who knows! My full name is Patricia Laetta Bernedetta (saint name) and if Dad was mad he added Somona Goins Olives. He had a warped sense of humor; guess that is where I get it. I added Collier 40 years ago. Jacob can actually remember it all; Patricia Laetta Bernedetta Somona Goins Collier! I was Patsy growning up and the aunts and cousins still call me that, Mickey does too sometimes. I was Mom to the kids, and almost 15 years ago became Grama, I am Momma to Izzy. The good part about being in the navy and moving a lot means you can change your name and spelling. I became Pat. Teble put her hand on her hip when she was around 3 and told me, "You're not my momma, you're just plain ole Pat!" My sister Donna became Nanna, sister Debi who was named Deborah, was Debbie growing up until she moved to a new school and decided to change the spelling to Debi, now she is Grammy Debi. Brother David Duane was called Junior sometimes, but grew up as Davey; he has really outgrown that cutsy name. Since Mickey and I had such common names we were looking for an unusual name for our first child. We were watching a movie "And Then Came Bronson" and thought the girls name was Teble, it was Temple, but we liked Teble. We probably should have spelled it with two Bs. My parents were still overseas when she was born and only saw it in print, they thought it was pronounced TEE BLEE, it sounds like pebble. My dad called her Terrible Annie. She wanted to go by Ann for a while, but I wouldn't go along with it. No telling what her students call her! Our son was named Micheal Wayne Collier JR, in that good ole southern tradition of Juniors. I wanted to name him Steven Michael. I didn't want to call him Mike because Mickey used it at work so I called him Michael which lasted until he went to Jr High and the kids started calling him Mike; phone calls got confusing after that! Jennifer and Mike wanted to name Jacob Nathanial, but I pointed out that his cousin who was named Matthew and was already being called Matt would cause people to change Nathanial to Nat. No one liked Nat so he is Jacob Lee (the Lee is after our friend). Our other 2 grandsons are actually called by their names too. Ryan Daniel (named for his dad Dan) and Aaron David (named for my dad). Our nephew who was named for Paw Paw, was named John Curtis and is not called either! He goes by Curt. Princess Dog Izabelle Noel (Izzy) was not named after some TV person, but she must be a popular one because there are a lot of Izzy's running around lately! This all leads up to all the unusual names in our family. I guess I started it with Teble. Sister Debi name her oldest B.J.Thomas, he has since changed the B.J. to Billy Joe, because he was told he could not have initials for a name on a drivers license. Next was Dustin Lee who was suppose to be Dustin Hoffman and lucky for him Debi changed her mind at the last minute, then daughter Tomara Charity. B.J's kids are Raven Evette Moonflower, Micha Harvest Moon, & Sequoya (something) Moon! Tomara changed the spelling of her daughters name from Riley to Rylee. Makes Teble Ann look somewhat normal doesn't it!
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