by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 30, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“When I was 14, was emancipated by a Kentucky judge from a mother who was more concerned about getting high than caring for her children. I was the same age as my oldest daughter is now, but I grew up fast and have supported myself ever since. I was the youngest of 10...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 29, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“Gardenia was my mom’s favorite flower and there are gardenia bushes the back yard. She picked them and delivered them in water bottles. Her mother taught her that if someone brings you something in a dish, clean it and put something else inside when you...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 28, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I saw the ‘We Will Bloom Again’ sign on Instagram and it was so positive that I had to have it at my store. We have lost all of our weddings and events, but one day we are going to have pretties again. In the meantime, we are going to have a flower...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 28, 2020 | A Southern Soul
A year after we started using again, I told my husband, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’ We walked into the Methadone clinic and we have not picked up a pill since. That was December 15, 2015. There are so many ways I have seen God working in our lives...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 27, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“The drug court judge sent me to Tutwiler Women’s Prison for using Methanpetamines while pregnant. I was not a meth user and had never done that drug, but it didn’t matter. I was there for six months. I had six-month-old baby and a...