by Lynn Oldshue | May 25, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“We’re sisters. Mom is facing health challenges, so we had these made and brought her to the Mothership music festival with us. This is her at ages seven, fifteen, and fifty-eight. She is swollen now because of her health problems, and she had to cut her...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 24, 2024 | A Southern Soul
Nikki: “We met when I started a singles group twenty-seven years ago. Martha showed up—we’ve been buddies ever since. My husband proposed to me at her house. She flew out to be with me when I had my first child. When I had leukemia, Martha walked a marathon in my...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 19, 2024 | A Southern Soul
Today’s my day off. It feels amazing to be sitting out here on this bench. I got out of federal prison in April. Did five years for drug charges. Doing time during COVID was rough. The prison was short-staffed. We were locked down 24/7. They fed us rotten food–or food...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 18, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I have multiple sclerosis. I was diagnosed in 2007 and have gone from using a cane to a walker to a wheelchair. All are instruments that help me stay involved and get where I want to go. This wheelchair raises and lowers so I can be at eye level–not looked down on....
by Lynn Oldshue | May 12, 2024 | A Southern Soul
Mary Alice: “I started playing the piano when I was three. I was so young that I don’t remember starting. I got a piano for Christmas a couple of years later. Every morning, I went straight to the piano and started playing. Music was probably the most important part...
