by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 4, 2018 | A Southern Soul
I walked up, expecting them to politely turn me away. Instead, they pulled up a chair and gave me a cup of chai tea. They are from Palestine and Syria and became friends at their mosque in Mobile. They have lived in the United States from 20 to 30 years and came here...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 3, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I just graduated from nursing school and got my license. I am elated. It has been an enormous weight for two years. Every day I thought I wouldn’t make it, but kept reminding myself of the patients. When I started, I was naive and doe-eyed. I would go back and...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 2, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“We have been friends a long time. About a year ago, he started standing out here holding the flag. He called it ‘resisting the resistance.’ It is being patriotic and sharing the flag.” “It is a pro-America demonstration.” “No...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 1, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“This is our 10th year to have a food fight in Fairhope for Ecumenical Ministries and I bring the angel out every year. Ecumenical does so much for our community and October is the month the shelves are empty and people haven’t gotten into the giving spirit yet....
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 31, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“People think we are serial killers out here and we aren’t. We lived in the Florida Keys and Irma almost wiped us out. We had a business and doing our thing. I was not born this way. We are working people. We want to work. We were robbed of our new tent in...
by Lynn Oldshue | Oct 30, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“We are from Switzerland and bought this bus three years ago in Chicago. My brother lives there. We came here for two weeks for two years to rebuild it. This year we came over to start our travels. We left Chicago two-and-a-half months ago and went around Lake...
