by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 26, 2018 | A Southern Soul
I am taking a couple of weeks off from Souls to lock down and write a series about domestic violence for Lagniappe in Mobile. Stories of victims and abusers, the causes, why victims stay, the effects on kids and the community and how we can all help. Will re-post...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 25, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am in my fourth year of residency in general surgery and I work in a trauma unit in an emergency room. I went to med school because I was infatuated with the heart and cardiac disease and wanted to be a cardiologist. Then I went to Liberia in West Africa on a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 24, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am 17. I got osteosarcoma, cancer in the bones, when I was 13. I knew something was wrong when I had leg pain playing basketball. The doctor did an X-ray and then an MRI. It was scary, I had never heard of osteosarcoma before. Treatment was rough and lasted...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 23, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“The Lord told me years ago that things would be different for me and I would have a ministry for the people others don’t want. The ones who don’t look like us or smell like us. Every morning I pray that God gives me his tears and compassion for...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 22, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am doing public service hours because I got in trouble for fighting. I went through some hard things when I was young. I am slowly getting better. I run for fun and draw the thoughts in my head. I want to go into the Air Force and be a nurse and then a traveling...
