by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 12, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Vicksburg, Mississippi. We lived next to the high school and I found a tennis racket in the garbage can and found a ball at the school. I started hitting tennis balls against the wall. I am the number three tennis player in the state in my group. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 6, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I am in line for the food bank. I volunteer at a different food bank, but this one has produce. I am taking a box to a friend of mine who is a handyman. He is out of work because people are scared and don’t want him in their house. I share what I don’t...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 5, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Hayneville between Montgomery and Selma. I taught for 24 years, most of that time was fourth grade. My students are my children, my babies. Every year, I taught them about the Civil Rights Movement before our field trip to the Civil Rights Museum. It is...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 3, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I started volunteering at the Food Bank. I was jobless for a while and this is my way of giving my time back to the Lord. I am attending school to get my associate’s degree in theological ministry to be an ordained minister. I felt like that was my calling for...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 1, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I was adopted when I was less than a year old. My mom told me October 5, 2015. I was 21 years old. My parents kept it to themselves over the years to protect me from the life I could have been living. But to find out was devastating. At the same time, so many...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 30, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“Torment is how I would describe the last two years. Reece took his life on February 12, 2018. He was 17. We didn’t see it coming. Reece was popular and smart. He was in the IB program at Fairhope High School, but he didn’t do something correctly and...
