by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 5, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I turned 97 on December 31. I grew up in Indianapolis during the Depression and remember hearing my parents say they couldn’t afford coal to heat our house. My mother was a musician and my dad was a salesman, so they started a music school. Mother taught Dad...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 4, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was nine or ten when we moved from Greenville to Gulfport, just in time for a hurricane. We boarded up the windows and headed for a safer location. I walked to the car with my little umbrella, and the wind swept me into the air like Mary Poppins. My brother grabbed...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 3, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I had never been homeless until last June. I had my own house, but got into a bad relationship and lost it. I stayed with a friend who let me keep my stuff at her house. My boyfriend butted heads with her, so she kicked me out and wouldn’t let me get my...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 27, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“This is my 50th birthday. My best friends surprised me and brought me to Fairhope. we are from Mississippi, and I am an engineering professor at Mississippi State. We have been friends since high school in De Kalb, and we all turn 50 this year. This is a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 26, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“This started at horse camp when I was five years old, and I have been around horses ever since. I volunteered at a therapeutic riding facility, and my dream was to be a horse trainer and barn manager. Horses were going to be my kids. I had a great horse and went to...
