More Southern Souls
I have always been a planner and tried to excel in school
"I leave August 12 for Auburn. I am enrolled in the Harbert College of Business. I will double major in finance and...
Whatever route you take, you have to do it for yourself
“Sometimes the struggle has to come before paradise. I grew up in Mobile and went to Faulkner State for two semesters,...
We do about 30 miles an hour, and about 100 miles a day
"We were in Branson, Missouri. My grandpa has a farm up there. He had a stroke and doesn't get around so much. Every...
I want to do a little good for others, but people give it right back to me
"I grew up in Mobile. My mom is a retired nurse. She was the school nurse at Bishop State. I helped my her care for my...
We call him Ottonaut
“He is four and wants to be an astronaut. His name is Otto and we call him Ottonaut. He became obsessed with space two...
I felt God say, ‘football is only the platform, I require more of you”
“I survived the Coronavirus. Most of my family got it, but took good care of ourselves and are much better now. God...
Mentoring students is my why
"I grew up in Jackson, Alabama. I am a minority, low-income, first-generation college student. In high school, I was...
There are stories all over this ship and my job is to save them
“I was born and raised in Bay Minette and started working at the USS Alabama out of high school. My brother cut grass...
We wear dresses and jewelry with everything we do
"We have been hiking in the mountains all day. We wear dresses and jewelry with everything we do. It is part of our...
My boat costs as much as a wife
"I grew up in Rich, Mississippi, on the north end of the Mississippi Delta, outside of Tunica. Rich was just a gas...
We chased the dream and caught it
“I grew up in Mobile. In 1958, my friend Bobby McBride and I were in Point Clear at Jim Delaney's house shucking...
I started drifting from place to place
“I am from California but I have been in Arkansas for the last six years. My friend came to Alaska last year and...