More Southern Souls
We started this and if we make it, we make it, and if we don’t we tried
“I have been a police officer in Mobile for 16 years and have watched this city grow. There are so many tourists...
Grandma is taking me to get my permit
“I am about to get my driver’s permit.” “Grandma's been letting her drive. Her mama is a nervous wreck. She works and...
I have discovered a new me or the old me that I never knew about
"We get complacent and comfortable and we forget who we are. There is something about my 40's. I have discovered a new...
We are best friends despite the age gap
"I am hanging out in our bar with my best friend, and my bar manager and my neighbor. We are constantly together." "We...
This has freed part of me that was there all along
"It took 10 years of following something and I didn't know that it would get here to exhibiting my art. My dad was a...
I have been a letter carrier for 31 years
“I have been a letter carrier for 31 years. I make 750 stops a day in the Toulminville area. It is not a gravy job. It...
My friend told me we had been flirting the whole time on the bus
"We are vacationing. We are both grad students from Pennsylvania in the Ph.D. for Material Science program at Alabama....
Even if people ill-treat you, still be kind
“I grew up in Learned, Mississippi. My parents were farmers, and I picked cotton. I have long fingers that were good...
The barriers between us just give you stress and fear
“I started cutting hair around the house when I was 12 and started working in a barber shop when I was 16. I was going...
I am happy in Yazoo City
“I am from India. I lived in Minnesota and then moved to Yazoo City. I have been here seven years and I am happy here....
He is My Ride or Die and the One Who is Always With Me
"It is surreal that my youngest son is about to graduate from high school. He is my ride or die and the one who is...
This is our first day out without the baby
“We live in my grandparents’ home on Fowl River. They built it in the 40’sand 50’s when no one cared about being on...












