by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 4, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“We will have fireworks and food and celebrate the 4th of July, but Puerto Ricans don’t need a holiday to make a party. I taught 7th grade for 36 years. I retired ten years ago and never looked back. There have been many problems with the government and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 3, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I moved from New York to Puerto Rico when I was in 11 and went to high school there. I was drafted and went to Vietnam in 1970. I did my time and I realized I could make a career out of the Army because I had already been through the worst. I went back and stayed in...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 2, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“Over 250 schools were closed in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. There was more damage in the south and west. There are still people with the blue covering on their roofs. Over 250,000 people left the island to go to the U.S., many were our professionals and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 1, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“When I go to the States, people look down on me because I have an accent or because I am from Puerto Rico. It’s like I have cooties instead of being an American citizen, but we are all the same. We have been citizens since the Jones Act in 1917. In Puerto Rico,...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 30, 2019 | A Southern Soul
In Puerto Rico this week on a high school youth group mission trip. I have been wanting to do Souls from here for years. Hoping this week is Our Puerto Rican Souls.
by Lynn Oldshue | Jun 29, 2019 | A Southern Soul
“I once called the police after being beat by a john who robbed me at a motel. I told the female officer I was raped, but she said I shouldn’t have put myself in that situation. I thought she was right. I blamed everything on myself because I broke, and...
