by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 15, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I am 48 and just got my high school diploma. I finished with a 4.0 GPA. I stayed up until three in the morning to study. Math and science were the hardest part and I got help with those. One of my daughters is trying to get hers now because she saw me do it....
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 14, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Ocean Springs and went to college at South. I fell in love with Mobile and my husband here so we stayed. My mom was a social worker and caring for people is how she raised us. I was studying premed but changed and got my master’s degree in...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 13, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“This is Wet Willie’s 50th anniversary and we are still walking on this side of the ground and playing music. Where did the years go? I thought I was just going to play with a band with guys I didn’t know for three weeks and return to work for my family....
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 12, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“My grandparents were immigrants from eastern Germany and France. They went to New York then Atlanta and opened a chain of delicatessens. I am the namesake of my grandfather’s brother who perished in the Holocaust. I retrieved his paperwork at the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 11, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I have worked at Chic-Fil-A for twenty years as a cashier and team leader. I love helping people and talking to them. I have been like this all of my life. A lady came in a couple of days ago and I told her how nice she looked. She came back this morning and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 10, 2019 | A Southern Soul
Our Southern Souls began four years ago today. Thank you to the 1,432 of you who were brave enough to share your story. Thank you to the rest of you who read each story with love and respect for the humanity in each one of us. You will never know how much you have...
