by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 4, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was nine or ten when we moved from Greenville to Gulfport, just in time for a hurricane. We boarded up the windows and headed for a safer location. I walked to the car with my little umbrella, and the wind swept me into the air like Mary Poppins. My brother grabbed...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 3, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I had never been homeless until last June. I had my own house, but got into a bad relationship and lost it. I stayed with a friend who let me keep my stuff at her house. My boyfriend butted heads with her, so she kicked me out and wouldn’t let me get my...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 27, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“This is my 50th birthday. My best friends surprised me and brought me to Fairhope. we are from Mississippi, and I am an engineering professor at Mississippi State. We have been friends since high school in De Kalb, and we all turn 50 this year. This is a...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 26, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“This started at horse camp when I was five years old, and I have been around horses ever since. I volunteered at a therapeutic riding facility, and my dream was to be a horse trainer and barn manager. Horses were going to be my kids. I had a great horse and went to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 25, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I am just out here playing in the sun, still a little kid who shows up to work happy every day. We didn’t have money for extras like music lessons, so I taught myself how to play. If I had asked my mama for $200 to play the trumpet, she would have laughed at...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 21, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“We have been in this same spot for Mardi Gras parades since 1993. Our mother loved Mardi Gras and this was her post. Mardi Gras is family. We go to the parades and then go home and play cards and drink hot chocolate. I still think about Mama every day. She was from...
