by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 20, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was kicked out of high school and got my GED when I was 17. My older brother, Pikasso, is an artist and showed me how to use a camera. He painted clothes, and I took pictures of them. Pikasso also made music videos, and I followed his lead learning how to shoot...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 19, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I walked through the doors of prison with a smile on my face because this was a chance to love other women and spread the love of Jesus in a place that needed him most. My six months in prison went by fast. After I was released, my daughter took me in. I have eight...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 18, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I have always been a midtown Mobile girl. My grandmother had a restaurant at the corner of Old Shell and McGregor. When people put a nickel in the jukebox to play ‘The Twist’, I would twist my heart out. My daddy was a pool shark and had a pool table in the back of...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 13, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in Covington County in south Alabama. When I was five, my daddy got a job at Hollingsworth and Whitney Paper Mill in Mobile, and we moved to Prichard. In those days Prichard had a park, a zoo, and a big celebration every 4th of July with a greased pig and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 12, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“There is no way to describe the pain – sometimes I want to cut off the body part that is hurting just to make it stop. I have sickle cell anemia, an inherited genetic blood disorder where the blood cells change shape. Normal blood cells look like full moons,...
