by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 10, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I come to the bay when I need to release everything and find peace. I grew up in Fairhope. There wasn’t much for young people to do. I got into recreational drugs when I was 16. I took a friends’ OxyContin and was immediately hooked on pills. I was in addiction...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 9, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“My dad was soft-spoken. He showed love for us by getting up at five every morning, working two jobs, and returning home at 11 or 12 at night. His first job of the day was as a custodian at Fairhope Middle School. If I got in trouble in school, the punishment was...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 8, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“Mickie is 17, going on 18. He has diabetes. I give him shots twice a day. He still loves coming to the pier to walk a lap. We sit on this bench after the walk to observe. The vet says he also has dementia. That is why he stares off. My sons moved to Fairhope, so I...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 3, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was in addiction for about 15 years. My family tried to tell me something was wrong, but I never thought I had a drug problem. I got older and realized the world was passing me by. A lot of money had gone through my hands, and I hadn’t accumulated anything. My wife...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 2, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“There have been 400 Methodist ministers in our line of the Godbey family. Thomas Godbey was an Anglican minister. He left England for Jamestown in 1608, the year after the settlement was founded. His ship wrecked on the coast of Bermuda, and the passengers stayed on...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 1, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“My parents were immigrants from Taiwan and settled in Nashville. They wanted me to be a boy genius, an astronaut, a doctor, and the President. I became a musician, instead. My mother played piano in church. I went to Belmont University on a piano scholarship but...
