by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 26, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“What is unusual or special about you?” “I barely have eyebrows.” “I have really curly hair. Everyone likes it, but I hate it.” “I can bend my pinky all of the way back.” “I can stick my tongue up my nose and make...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 26, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I am Lakeland and I am 7.” “I am Noah and I am 8.” “We sold hundreds of watermelons this summer to pay for our camp and to pay for the dinner for your group tonight. People stopped by the yard and bought them. Mama gave the money, but we...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 25, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“We aren’t weak wimps scared to do anything. “We are sensitive. We are emotional.” “It’s not always about them. We don’t care about them that much.” “We aren’t perfect. We aren’t going to look like the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 25, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“These hands have dug in a lot of gardens and changed a lot of diapers. I am in the shelter because the apartment below mine caught on fire when they were cooking meth. I couldn’t live with the fumes. I never felt safe living there anyway. Save your money...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 23, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“We will sell 200 watermelons a day, 2 for $5 is a good deal. I have been doing this for 27 years. I am a migrant worker and go from Florida to Indiana and do everything from working in the fields to packing them in the semis to selling them on the roadside. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Jul 23, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“We are both police officers. I retired a year ago. I am 48 and he will be 59 in October. We both have three years and I retire again with the military and he retires from the police force.” “We are retiring early. We started early and we are...
