by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 2, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I survived the Coronavirus. Most of my family got it, but took good care of ourselves and are much better now. God created me with grit. My biological father was murdered by his mother’s boyfriend. They were drinking and got into an argument. The man just tried...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 1, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Jackson, Alabama. I am a minority, low-income, first-generation college student. In high school, I was in the gifted program which gave me experiences that opened my mine to the world when we traveled to Washington D.C. and New York City. Without...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 31, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I was born and raised in Bay Minette and started working at the USS Alabama out of high school. My brother cut grass and I came in after he did. I went into the interview for a maintenance job and they asked me if I was scared of heights, how is my back, and if can I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 28, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“We have been hiking in the mountains all day. We wear dresses and jewelry with everything we do. It is part of our Russian traditions and you get used to it. Our ancestors fought hard to get here and held onto their traditions while coming from Russia to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 27, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Rich, Mississippi, on the north end of the Mississippi Delta, outside of Tunica. Rich was just a gas station and store with a little town around it. My grandmother had a farm way back in the woods. We could hear people coming for miles. I grew up...
