More Southern Souls

“I always wanted to be a writer and spent nearly 30 years in the newspaper business. I started with my high school job...

"We started the Society of Monstrous Women because you can put on a mask and be whatever you want to be. You can push...

"I grew up in South Carolina. I moved in with one of my sisters at the age of 14. My sister's husband was transferred...

  "I am from China but I have been in Mobile for 26 years. I was 18 when I came here. It was hard to go to high...

 Jess: I was an entrepreneur since I was 16. Babysitting, then later selling Avon and Mary Kay. A friend who worked...

"I am nine years old and started making my own beauty products but I was eight when I got the idea. My mom has a...

“I was on drugs and living in a trap house in Foley. I almost died multiple times. I have been sober nine or ten...

“I grew up in Fairhope and have fostered 18 children. My mom always wanted to have foster kids and give them a better...

"I have been in Polka Dots for 30-plus years and my daughter has been in for six. It is special do to this together. I...

“I have worked in flower shops since I was 15. I opened Bay Flowers in 2006 and this is the first time to have my own...

"I hear the clock ticking as it hangs on the wall. Tick, tick, ticking the time away from us all. As it ticks you...

  "I am the first queen of Mystics of the Bay. It is a new co-ed organization and we are about to have our first...