by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 25, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“9/11 is the reason I got involved in politics and public service. I was living in New York City and working for a public relations firm on the lower end of Manhattan. I was going to work on that beautiful morning, walked out of the Bowling Green Station and the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 24, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I was born and raised in Thornton. I am 51 years old. I was farming but the man went out of business. There is nothing left to do here. Thank God I bought my house before I was laid off and it is mine. I don’t have transportation to go to a job and there...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 22, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“We are competing in the boat race as SS John Mac in honor of my late husband John McCafferty. He passed away last August with gallbladder cancer. He was diagnosed at age 41, which is relatively rare. He fought it for 21 months with surgery, radiation, chemo and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 21, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I am 86 and have been married for 66 years. She lets me work in the mornings, but I am hers in the afternoons. I still can’t wait to get to the store, I must be crazy. I do the same job my dad and grandfather did and I tell people I keep trying to get it...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 20, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“Our dad is nice and buys us stuff. He takes us climbing, hiking, and canoeing.” “We learned about airplanes and how they are made. We made a model engine at our house. It works.” “We have been living in the U.S. for one and a half years....
