by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 25, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My family opened Gambino’s in Fairhope in 1975 and it was one of the first restaurants in Fairhope. I started working there when I was ten years old scraping off the plates for the dishwashers before I was promoted to dishwasher. I have been working in...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 24, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My daddy was a welder and died when I was three. My mother married my stepdad and we lived on an ostrich farm in Grand Bay. We also had horses, chickens, and pigs. We didn’t have a lot of means but I danced growing up and was on the Dixie Darlings dance team at...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 23, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My parents instilled self-sufficiency and strength in me and my sisters. Resilience was part of our upbringing. They made us care about people and help. I said I was going to be a psychologist in 6th grade. I had a deep connection with being purpose-driven and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 22, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I started making these totems in November but this is my first time to set my art out here. I live here in an apartment in the back. I have always been a decent artist for drawing and painting but I didn’t know I could do this until I did it. I did...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 21, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Birmingham where my dad was a preacher. I went to a Bible college in North Carolina and met my husband there. We had three beautiful children. My husband was dealing with a lot of issues that I didn’t know how to handle. He left our family...
