by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 14, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“Two weeks ago, I was making my plans with my husband because March 1 was his birthday. We have been building a house for three years and had a big order of windows coming in that week. We were on edge because of Russia, but no one expected this. I woke up and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 13, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I got my Master’s degree and study the Spanish and Portuguese languages because I fell in love with them. My favorite memories of Ukraine are from traveling across the country. In the west, we have the beautiful Carpathian Mountains where we go skiing and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 8, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I’m 32 years old and live in the Kherson region of Ukraine. I started playing violin when I was five years old. I got my Bachelor’s degree in violin and Master’s degree in viola. I’ve played around the world since 2013 as a musician on cruise ships. One month before...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 7, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“My dad got us up early that Sunday morning and loaded my sister, brother, and me into the truck and took us to Selma. He said do what they tell you to do. We went to Brown Chapel AME Church and they told us to be humble. Don’t say anything, and don’t throw rocks. We...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 6, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I was a kid in the civil rights march. I grew up in Marion in a family of 12. My dad owned 101 acres and was a cotton farmer. He had a fourth-grade education and my mom had a sixth-grade education. I don’t know how they came to own that much land, but they were...
