by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 9, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am in the Association of Recovering Motorcyclists. We are recovering from addictions and like to ride. I tried to stay sober for 12 years before I got into ARM. After I got in, I have been sober for six years this month. The first thing I think of when I pick...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 8, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“My name is Cornelia. I had an uncle named Cornelius who died when he was ten and my mother named me after him. I am waiting on the bus. People in Mobile say to be a true Mobilian you have to be born under an azalea bush but I was born in the shadow of the Cathedral,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 7, 2018 | A Southern Soul
Election day in Alabama. People voted to keep God first. Voted to keep things the way they are. Voted for change. Voted for the future. Voted to fix a broken system. Voted for the first time. They voted in a civic center below a water tower that reads,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 7, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I noticed people were getting emotional and name calling instead of having conversations on social media. Some were calling me things that weren’t true. We are a community and in a couple of weeks we will have this behind us. Why don’t we act like...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 7, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“This is my first campaign outside of student government in high school and college. We have campaigned for nine months and left no stone unturned. We raised $90,000 all but $2500 came from Mobile and not special interest groups in Montgomery. We were on five...
