by Lynn Oldshue | May 30, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“We are having a field trip because the weather is nice. Hillary can’t handle the heat well. We took the BRATS bus and strolled around and looked at pelicans and ate ice cream and fries. Hillary has Rett syndrome and will be 21 in June. It is a rare...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 29, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am relieved and excited that we just got married. Very blessed and overwhelmed. I hadn’t planned on crying.” “Everything fell into place for us to get married in Mobile. I grew up here but we live in South Carolina. My mother’s doctor told...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 28, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I was in Vietnam in ’63 and ’64 and that is where I grew up. We would say, ‘When I die I know I am going to heaven because I spent my time in hell.’ That was true. No one knows how bad it was. We didn’t know who was shooting at...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 27, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“My grandaddy opened this shoe store in 1938. I started shining shoes in 1967, I was ten. My grandparents handed it down to my father and he passed it down to me. I had to do whatever daddy said. 1967 was a beautiful time on Farish Street in Jackson,...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 26, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I was a truck driver and got paid to see the country. I never knew where I was going until I got empty. The hardest part was staying awake when there wasn’t time to stop and sleep and make my destination. I did crack and crystal meth and stayed up four or...
