by Lynn Oldshue | May 10, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I was born and raised in Happy Hills. I graduated from Alabama A&M and Cumberland School of Law, but growing up in Happy Hills was the best education I had. It taught me not just about crime, drugs, violence, and poverty. It taught me about humanness,...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 9, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I was working as a location coordinator for a movie shooting here. We wrapped out a little early because of the Coronavirus. After we wrapped, I was exhausted and starting feeling funky. I saw spots on my tonsils and thought it was strep. I got a strep test and...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 8, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“Growing up in a broken home in Fairhope, I saw my parents fight all of the time. Some days the abuse was so bad that my grandmother met me at the bus stop and took me away. My parents divorced, but by age 16, I was in my own abusive relationship. I had my first child...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 7, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I was a union pipe welder and retired. I have been driving school buses for five years. It is my way of giving back. It’s a shame, but a lot of kids don’t get the training they need at home. I try to teach the little I can while they are with me....
by Lynn Oldshue | May 6, 2020 | A Southern Soul
If a tornado’s call sounds like freight trains and bees, humankind’s response sounds like growling, determined power saws.” Nine years ago today, I wrote down this line from a story in the New York Times about a family losing everything in the...
