This is our first date

This is our first date

“This is our first date. We have been talking for about three weeks. We went to the pier, then to Bass Pro Shops, and came back here. It is going good. This is the first time I have met someone on Tinder. It is hard for girls to find a guy who doesn’t just...
Worse Than Death

Worse Than Death

“There are things worse than death,” said a friend who has worked with children along the Gulf Coast for over 20 years. “Being sexually abused is one of them.” She described sexual abuse of children in Mobile and Baldwin counties as “rampant and widespread. It...
The universe sent me here to find her

The universe sent me here to find her

“Every Wednesday I take my little sister to dance and we come out here for a date. We have been together for six months and two days. We are seniors and have been going to school together since eighth grade. Our mutual friends invited him to my house. I...
When I was 15, this was my dream

When I was 15, this was my dream

“I have been farming 40 acres with draft horses about ten years. We call it horsedrawn produce and cut hay and do everything with him. These horses need a routine. You can’t change their diet on them. I lost one to colic and another got into some feed and...