by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 28, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I am close to my mom. Whenever she would leave and go out of town, I would freak out. I was in 6th grade and got really sick when mom left. Dad didn’t believe me at first because he thought I was just missing her.” “I was out of town celebrating a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 27, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I am reading ‘Everybody Always’ for my small group. I am a senior in high school and about to be in a new place with new people. I only have a few more months with some of my friends and I want to show them all the love I can. Each person is put in your life for a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 26, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in the swamps of Hammond, Louisiana. I am an environmental geologist by training and recycle for fun. My grandfather died before I was born. He was an outlaw and became a federal game warden. I saw a taped interview of him where he said he saw how the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 25, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“We have lived in this motel for three years. I just got off work from McDonald’s and he is leaving for his shift at Popeye’s. My two-year-old nephew lives with us, so one of us is always home with him. We don’t have a car. We walk to the bus...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 24, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“My mother called me Pumpkin. That is cool when you are a kid, but when you are playing middle linebacker in high school, you can’t be Pumpkin. My mom would yell, “Go Pumpkin!” I got her to call me Pumpkin Smasher. That became Smasher. Smac was my...
