by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 12, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“We lived in Michigan where there were a lot of beach towns. We moved here because it was so pleasant. The finances of retirement have been difficult. It is nice to come down here for free. We have been married for 54 years. You learn to let things go or get mad...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 11, 2019 | A Southern Soul
I know some of the stories have been hard to read lately. They were hard for the person to tell and hard for me to hear and write. But they are important and there are more to come over the next few weeks. Thank you for being an open-hearted community that cares about...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 11, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“We were sexually abused by my grandfather after we moved in with him. My mother and aunt. My two sisters, my brother and me. My grandfather was jailed before I was born on pedophile charges. He raped his daughters and grandchildren living with him. I felt trapped....
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 10, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“Childhood was rough. My mom is white and my dad is black. The white side of our family is racist. My mom was homeless with us for a long time because we were mixed kids. I didn’t meet my grandmother until we were six. My mom married a man who sexually abused me...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 9, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I was ‘Baby Miss Alabama’ and ‘Dixie Sweetheart,’ and won 48 trophies in beauty pageants by the age of eight. Some of the trophies were six feet tall. I dreamed of being a dancer or an actress, not a stripper. My father started molesting...
