by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 23, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“They say how you play as a child informs who you are. That is the truth because I liked dressing up and playing with boys. I still do. Four of us started dressing up as Sweet Potato Queens® in 1983 for a little St. Patrick’s Day Parade with friends in Jackson,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 22, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“Mama calls us Irish twins because we were born less than a year apart. We are nine turning ten and ten turning eleven. We have wanted to do a lemonade stand since we were little. Our friend Savannah started a bracelet and jewelry stand, and we joined together to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 21, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I’ll be honest with you; I used to do a lot of wrong things, especially when I came back from Vietnam. I had friends killed in Vietnam and was in some bad situations. I was wounded by shrapnel over my eye and was in the military hospital for seven months. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 20, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I am 83 years old and walk about ten miles a day on the beach. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I weighed 240 pounds in my forties. I wasn’t happy with myself or my health and started walking to lose weight. That led to jogging, then running ten miles and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 19, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I retired in May. I worked on bridges for the county. I was on a tractor and got buried in a hole that caved in on me. It took all day for them to get me out, and my leg was all messed up. I was laid up in bed for two months; I am still in constant pain. I am bored....
