by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 23, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“Someone just bought our lunch. There are 12 of us so they probably spent $150 or $200. We are very appreciative of people like that caring about us.’ ‘We are part of a disaster response group based in Montgomery. We are primarily for chem and bio...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 22, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“We were running Maji:Hope in our house. We started in 2009 and it took over. We wanted a gift shop with items from Tanzania. Our dream had also been to have an ice cream shop. Now we have the Maji:Hope gift shop in the ice cream shop. Everyone is happy in an...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 20, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“If they wasn’t here, I think things would be way worse. They’d be way more killings.” “Really? You think it’s that important, their presence here?” “Yeah.” “How do you think that is? I know not everybody is...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 19, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“We get together once a month. We are the Bay Babes. We are part of the Red Hat organization. You have be old and wear purple. You have be be 50 to get in. We used to have red shoes, red fingernails, red everything. But I won’t get into that.” “We...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 18, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“We are getting our vitamin D. We live here part of the time. This is our happy place and where we take a break from taking care of everyone else.” “His and my grandfather are the same man. I have been his cousin all of my life. Fishing brought us...
by Lynn Oldshue | Aug 18, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I am a builder, a welder, a pipefitter, and can work with aluminum and steel. I draw, cook and sew. I have many talents, but I struggled all of my life because of where I came from. I look at the young kids now and say me too, and show them there is a better way. I...
