Melissa Coles

From a young age Melissa Coles had dreams of being an actress on the Broadway Stage and the Silver Screen. But unlike other kids who are bursting with childhood dreams, only to see them die a slow disappointing death, she had the tenacity to work to achieve these dreams. She studied drama, became verse in literature and conquered the theater stage at her high school. However, as life often does, it unleashed storms upon Melissa that blindsided her, which left her beat down and broken. Though she fought valiantly to keep the dream alive, it was eventually replaced with life's realities. That flame that burned so bright in Melissa's heart was unceremoniously extinguished. Eventually Melissa had a child young, whom she placed for adoption to a good Christian home. Years later she was reunited with her birth son and a documentary about this part of her life called, "I Lived on Parker Avenue," was produced. This led to Alex and Stephen Kendrick along with Kirk Cameron producing the featur...