by Lynn Oldshue | May 19, 2021 | A Southern Soul
Kelsy: “I’m ten and Esmerelda is 12. Our parents are friends and we’ve been best friends since we were little. We love coming to Flourish. It is a place to be yourself and no one judges you. I’ve learned you can be sweet to others even if they...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 16, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“This weekend we are celebrating the 150th birthday of our house on Washington Square. When it was built in 1870, the area was laid out, but there were few houses. Washington Square was dedicated in 1850, but development began after the Civil War. The house was...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 12, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“Hartley had Trisomy 18, a genetic disorder. As soon as we received the diagnosis at the twenty-second week of my pregnancy, Rene Sprague from the Bridge Program was with us and laid out our options. I needed to have a plan because when you are thrown into this,...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 9, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I have two amazing girls and was a single mom for a long time. Their father wasn’t in their lives, so I pushed hard to make a better life for the three of us. There were times I didn’t know where we were going to live and what we were going to do. I...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 5, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“I didn’t appreciate Yazoo City until after I left. Outsiders think we are from a poor, small town in a state last in education. But traveling outside of Mississippi helped me understand that I wasn’t as unfortunate as the world told me I was. Being from...
by Lynn Oldshue | May 3, 2021 | A Southern Soul
“My parents divorced when I was four. I went to St. Andrew’s School in Jackson through the eighth grade. It was becoming increasingly difficult for my mother to work full-time to support us, get me to cheerleader practice, and keep all of the balls in the...
