by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 10, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Soria City, a historic Black neighborhood in Gulfport. Some of the founders were my uncles and cousins. Around the corner was the all-white Broadmoor neighborhood. The Broadmoor grocery store was at the border of the two neighborhoods, and members of...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 3, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“My father was a family practice physician in Dothan. He made a lot of house calls like those old country doctors. His patients loved him. My roots are deep here, and my husband and I decided to put our own family roots in Dothan. I educated our four kids at home....
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 27, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Boquillas, Mexico. This is a safe community. We are far away from the bigger cities and border towns. Most of the people here are related. I grew up on a farm, but tourism is the main way our small town makes money. I met my wife when we were both...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 20, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I was in foster care in Mobile, and my family needed social services. Denise Riemer was my school social worker. She showed me there were good people in the world and that I was worth being cared for. She taught me that I should put effort into myself and that there...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 18, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I play the violin on a cruise ship to make people smile, but now it is hard. I am from Mariupol, Ukraine. My mother is still there. She lives half an hour walking distance from the city center. For the first two weeks of the war, I didn’t know if she was alive....
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 14, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“Two weeks ago, I was making my plans with my husband because March 1 was his birthday. We have been building a house for three years and had a big order of windows coming in that week. We were on edge because of Russia, but no one expected this. I woke up and...
