by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 25, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I started with a new image yesterday. I used to dress in yoga pants and over-sized shirts. I never wore shorts because I didn’t like my legs. I look at tall models and I am short. I don’t have the tiny little legs. I tried on a dress at a store a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 24, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I just left my husband because he is abusive. I am sleeping in my car. I guess that makes me homeless now. He is verbally abusive and he has been physically abusive in the past. He is building back up to that. I had to get out because I knew it wasn’t...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 23, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I have been homeless for two years. I am a painter but lost my job. I lost my car and my home. I still paint when I can get the work, but It is hard to find work when you don’t have a ride. I had a car, but it broke and I didn’t have the money to fix it....
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 22, 2019 | A Southern Soul
My family went to Kalispell in northwest Montana for the last family trip before my oldest son goes to college. The first night we stood on a dock of a mountain lake waiting for the sun to set and watched a man jump waves on a jet ski with a small dog at his feet. An...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 22, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I have pole-vaulted for four years. A lot of people were trying it and my coach didn’t pick me, so I went to another coach and started jumping. I am going into 11th grade in Baton Rouge. You need a lot of self-awareness of your body and the bar and know...
