by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 25, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“We have been walking for nine days and have walked over 100 miles so far. We are trying to get to Tennessee to see my niece. I haven’t seen her in 11 years and I made her a promise on the phone that I would get there. We have been homeless for a year and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 24, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I have worked since I was 16. I work at McDonald’s in Fairhope and part-time at Island Wings. I am big on priorities and getting my bills paid early. I am a people person and like to make people happy. When I open the window at the drive-through line I am...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 23, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“My name is Ruby and my favorite color is red. I volunteer at the Mobile Information Center, the Museum of Mobile and the Civic Center for the Nutcracker and several other programs. It is better than going to all of this by myself. I like greeting people at the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 22, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I have stage one triple-negative breast cancer. It is resistant to multiple types of treatment that would have been easier on my body. I found the lump on Sept. 17. Soon the biopsy came back with cancer. I told my mom and stepdad not to come to the appointment....
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 21, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I am helping my Aunt Julie getting Christmas gifts together to give to the children of inmates at Mobile Metro Jail. I am a senior at B.C. Rain High School. I have a scholarship to Alabama to major in aerospace engineering. In elementary school, we did electrical and...