by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 30, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I come to the bay to relax. I worked for a police department until I fell off a curb in a parking lot in 2006. I messed up my back and my neck. I was 32 and missed so many days of work that I had to quit my job and go on disability. It was hard for the doctors to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 29, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“This is the 14th anniversary of Katrina. I was living in Bay St. Louis and a slab of concrete was all we had left. My whole neighborhood was wiped out. When I think about 14 years ago today, I was an unhappy single mom pushing 350 pounds with no...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 28, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“We work for an Thrivent, an insurance and financial services company that encourages people to live wise with money and live generously. We live in a commercialistic world and want to help people give back. We help people set financial goals and meet...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 28, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“Can you help us find a fishing pole?” “We are all type-A personalities divided into five teams trying to beat each other in a scavenger hunt. One of us is going to get arrested. We work for Ergon a family oil and gas company in Jackson, Mississippi...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 26, 2019 | A Southern Soul
Alexis Alexis and her five kids, ages 8 to 14, lived in her car for five months. The day her boyfriend pulled a gun on her was the day she drove away, with her kids and the clothes on her back. They had been together for almost 17 years. He was a good father and...
