by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 11, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I am out here thinking. I want to make sure I’m making the right choices in life. We moved from Bend, Oregon to West Mobile about five months ago. We didn’t have family or friends here, but I researched the area and convinced my wife to move. We sold the house, quit...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 10, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I was born and raised in Mobile, except for a brief detour in East Africa. My parents helped an orphanage in Uganda; we moved there for a few years. Our family befriended an older teenage girl who started another orphanage in Uganda to help young children. We...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 7, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“My name is Terrence, but everyone calls me Teddy. My mama started calling me Teddy Bear, and the name stuck. Being mean or negative is impossible with a name like Teddy Bear. I’m a people person and love to laugh. My mom and grandmama were always cooking; I fell in...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 6, 2024 | A Southern Soul
Faith: “This is my great-grandmother. She’s raising me. She got temporary custody of me through the court system when I was a baby. My mother is a drug addict and never wanted anything to do with me.” GG: “Faith is a young teenager. I know she would rather have a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 31, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up with four sisters in a single-parent household in Starkville, MS. My grandmother passed away when my mom was 16 years old, leaving my mom to figure out the world on her own. Coping with loneliness and depression, she became addicted to drugs and had a hard...
