by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 18, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“The original plan was to go to the FBI Academy. My dad was in law enforcement. I thought I was going to study behavior and catch criminals. I started working in a group home for adults with special needs when I was at Auburn. That was just for fun, but I fell in love...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 17, 2020 | A Southern Soul
I love taking Souls on the road and finding the little ways we are different and how many ways we are alike. It is also a chance to hear about history, problems, and solutions from somewhere else and learning from them. Even finding connections to home and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 16, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I am homeless. We were evicted from the building I was living in for seven years in Maine. Life isn’t always fair. I went on the road with my first litter of puppies. I raised them in my van and gave them away in New Hampshire to people with beach homes. These...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 14, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“My son lost his job because of the Coronavirus and his family moved in with us. It has been rough on them. They have a 13-month-old baby and a nine-year old. I am 66 years old and on disability. Having them move in is stressful, but you have to take it one day at a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 12, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in the Orange Grove projects in Mobile. I just wanted to graduate from high school, but I got pregnant at 16. I dropped out of high school after my junior year and got married. We had four daughters. After we got divorced, I didn’t get any child...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 11, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“We started Fostering Together Gulf Coast in November, but it has been a dream for seven years. We became a foster family while we were living in Alexander City, a rural community without much support for foster families. But we were 45 minutes away from Auburn and...
