by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 2, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“My parents separated when I was three. There was a custody battle, but my mother was on drugs and alcohol, so my dad got me. I was about seven years old when he started molesting me. He did this for ten years, saying it was because he loved me. I tried to tell my...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 1, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“My sister just gave me these big neon signs advertising that today is my 40th birthday. She also flooded my Facebook page with Fabulous 40, making it clear how old I am.” “This is big sister payback. Yesterday was birthday eve, so I had to get...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 25, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I married a preacher’s son when I was 16. I didn’t have a chance to experience life. It took me seven years to get pregnant, then I had my sons 11 months apart. I had a miscarriage right before that, and I think my body was completely out of whack. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 24, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“My mom was a drug addict, so I grew up with drugs. I had friends over in eighth grade to smoke weed, and it was never frowned on. I was molested from the ages of five to 10. That man did some sick shit to me. I didn’t have a great beginning, and it just kept going...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 18, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I didn’t have a traumatic childhood that could explain the direction my life would go. My mom and dad lived in California but divorced when I was a baby. Mom went back to school and sent me to live with my grandmother in Prichard. I grew up there and went to...
