by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 7, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“While I was recovering from COVID, I wanted to make something nobody in Mobile had seen before. These wings popped into my head, and I went to work. It was peaceful. Just me and the feathers. I started with a wire outline, keeping it light and bouncy. Putting on the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 6, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I’ve been an actor since I was a kid. Went to a performing arts school in Huntsville and majored in theater in college. I had many opportunities and good things going for me. I moved to New York in my twenties pursuing an acting career because that was what I was...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 31, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“A year ago, I was training for the NFL and chasing my dream. My son had just been born–he was going to have a better life. I was soaking it all in. Then I was in a car wreck. My leg was smashed. I had two blood transfusions on the scene. They didn’t call my mom...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 30, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“It’s the thing that everybody wants to keep secret, but it ain’t no secret. I got off at work at six and caught the bus home. I had forgotten it was New Year’s Eve. I got off the bus and crossed the street. Two men with a gun approached and forced me between...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 24, 2024 | A Southern Soul
“I was born without arms. My toes are my hands. I don’t think of myself as having a disability–this is just the way I am. Growing up, I couldn’t physically do a lot. There wasn’t much available to me, so I didn’t have experience doing many things....
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 23, 2024 | A Southern Soul
Kathryn: We’re sisters. All of our husbands have passed away. Mine died in January. I told Juday and Marie we could get together for Valentine’s Day and cry until we fell asleep. Marie said, ‘No, we’re not.’ Marie: “I booked a room at The Battle House and told them we...
