More Southern Souls
This wheelchair raises and lowers so I can be at eye level–not looked down on. It levels the playing field.
“I have multiple sclerosis. I was diagnosed in 2007 and have gone from using a cane to a walker to a wheelchair. All...
I was a single mother raising a brilliant daughter
Mary Alice: “I started playing the piano when I was three. I was so young that I don’t remember starting. I got a...
I was fortunate to grow up around books and writers
“My parents had The Haunted Bookshop in downtown Mobile. The second story was my playroom. It was hot and as dusty as...
We’re fighting for each other
“This is Clyde. I call him Clydesdale. He’s eighty percent deaf and blind. We’re both in bad shape. I'm walking Clyde...
I went to a pawn shop today and got this guitar
“I'm from England but live in Hamburg, Germany. I’m here for two weeks and wanted to make the most of the beach. I...
“I was twenty-one the last time I heard my mom speak
“I was twenty-one the last time I heard my mom speak. She hated tattoos, but my sister and I got one on what would...
I’m the middle child, but I’ve been the only child this week
Sorella: “My mom gave my two sisters and me experiences instead of gifts for Christmas. I chose to come to the Moon...
You can look at this picture and see how I could lie about my age
“You can look at this picture and see how I could lie about my age. I was fifteen but said I was older to get jobs. I...
I came out of the womb playing drums
“I came out of the womb playing drums. l was always banging on something. I’m out here today for enjoyment. I play a...
I’m a banista
“‘Come get a snack, friend. Happy Funday Monday. We're manifesting that it's Friday.’ Those are a few things I say...
I take old flowers and put them in the sidewalk cracks to make it prettier
“I take old flowers and put them in the sidewalk cracks to make it prettier. I’ve been doing this for two years. The...
Putting on the wings takes me anywhere I want to go
“While I was recovering from COVID, I wanted to make something nobody in Mobile had seen before. These wings popped...












