by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 25, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am in my fourth year of residency in general surgery and I work in a trauma unit in an emergency room. I went to med school because I was infatuated with the heart and cardiac disease and wanted to be a cardiologist. Then I went to Liberia in West Africa on a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 24, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am 17. I got osteosarcoma, cancer in the bones, when I was 13. I knew something was wrong when I had leg pain playing basketball. The doctor did an X-ray and then an MRI. It was scary, I had never heard of osteosarcoma before. Treatment was rough and lasted...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 23, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“The Lord told me years ago that things would be different for me and I would have a ministry for the people others don’t want. The ones who don’t look like us or smell like us. Every morning I pray that God gives me his tears and compassion for...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 22, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am doing public service hours because I got in trouble for fighting. I went through some hard things when I was young. I am slowly getting better. I run for fun and draw the thoughts in my head. I want to go into the Air Force and be a nurse and then a traveling...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 21, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I brought my nine-year-old with me to help with the Creative Crossings contest. She is the only one of my kids who likes to draw and I wanted us to do this together. We are going to be a mother/daughter team. I have a show I want us to do called “Follow Me.” I bought...
by Lynn Oldshue | Sep 20, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“My mom was shot and killed by her boyfriend on December first. She had dated him for about five months. He didn’t say much to us and I didn’t have many problems with him. I am the oldest son and growing up, I didn’t want my mom to have a...