Plaquemines Parish is always forgotten, but we are still human

by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 21, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“We have been eating pickled eggs. They are really pickled and they are good. There is nothing much to do here. Fishing is about it. I have lived here all of my life. 33 years. I want to move, but I can’t get my husband to get out of here. He is a...

As I am praying and walking, people pass by and say hello and I think that we are all God’s children greeting each other

by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 20, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“I won’t tell you my age, but I am old and exercise is very important for muscles, joints bones and balance. As you get older, all of those things wear out. Someone created a program for me that gets me moving and I exercise five days a week. I can tell a...

We are never off on the same day, so this day on the beach is a luxury to get all of our family out together like this

by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 20, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“We are playing with the kids and digging in the sand.” “We just came from our car out there. It is right over there. My brother is nine months old.” “I grew up in Fairhope and my grandma owned the Blue Marlin. I am a nail tech at a nail...

My dad plays chase with me, we call it hide and seek tag

by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 19, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“My dad is 94 and he lives with us. He doesn’t hear very well, but he still does carpentry work. We are from the Philippines and have been here 12 years. My dad would still like to go back to his country. We I have four boys. They are 35, 25, 22 and 7. We...

I am dying. I want to be remembered as dinnertime conversation for what happened in my class

by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 19, 2016 | A Southern Soul

“I am out here living life after shucking off responsibilities. I shucked off work, I am retired. I shucked off owning my own home, I sold it. I shucked off being a responsible for a son who helped me out by growing up and being a good kid. I don’t have...