by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 24, 2015 | A Southern Soul
“We met in jail and got out yesterday. Now we are all that we have. God puts us in places for a reason. He’s an alcoholic and I am a drug addict. I am not going to let him drink and he is not going to let me do drugs. We are trying to help each other...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 24, 2015 | A Southern Soul
“I will have family dinner at my sister’s house on Christmas Eve and then work cleaning rooms again tomorrow. My favorite Christmases were when my mama was alive and we had Christmas dinner at her house. She passed away over 20 years ago, but Christmas has...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 24, 2015 | A Southern Soul
“Most of our calls are house fires started by space heaters. We had a fire last year and all of us had just gotten out when it completely flashed over. We have to learn how to read the smoke and know when it is going to go. I try to have a short memory of the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 24, 2015 | A Southern Soul
“I had a lumber yard down the street but it went out of business seven years ago when Home Depot and Lowes opened up 45 minutes away. I can make more money selling crawfish on the corner than lumber. I added on to this several times and went to the Shed barbeque...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 24, 2015 | A Southern Soul
“I keep trying to move away from here, but I keep coming back. There is familiarity, comfort, and security here. I am over solid wastes. We all laugh about it, but what do you do with the stuff you no longer want? Someone has to be responsible for disposing...
by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 23, 2015 | A Southern Soul
“I enjoy working for myself and making folks look good. If they don’t look good they don’t walk out of here. We make them look as good as we can even if they don’t give us much to work with. If they don’t look good, they won’t come...
