by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 9, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“When we moved to Mobile from Iraq, Maryam was almost seven. She lost her hearing when she was almost two from an explosion in the war. There was an infection and she received the wrong medicine. The situation was bad and we were afraid. It took us a few years...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 8, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am a senior in high school and started working at Waffle House two weeks ago to pay for my graduation fees and cap and gown. I am helping my mama out. I am going into the ROTC program to pay for college at ASU. I am doing JROTC in high school now. I want to go to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 7, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I have had red hair for five years and go to the hairdresser every week. I like to stand out because I am loud sometimes. I started this deli seven years ago. It was Chester’s Chicken and they let me turn it into Edna’s Deli. I was a manager at...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 6, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I was a volunteer at Metro Jail before I became the chaplain. As a minister, God gives you an assignment and I started out as an evangelist and working in the prison ministry at my church. Kenny Davis was the chaplain before me. He passed away and they asked me to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 5, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I walk Bama twice a day. We go about three city blocks. Everyone loves him and thinks he is pulling me. They have to meet him. He is always telling me, ‘I am ready mama.’ He was born in my dining room and I have raised him from the time he was born. My...
