More Southern Souls

"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...

"I grew up in Plateau. I was in the physical therapy assistant program at Bishop, but the field was so saturated when...

“People leave scooters on their porches and in their back yards. I knock on the doors and say, 'If you don't mind, I...

"I am a tuba player and a full-time musician. I also play piano at church. I started playing in at Murphy and LeFlore...

“We are from Virginia dropping off cavalier hats for the Conde Cavaliers. They look like three musketeers. I started...

"I grew up in Foley on a farm. My dad raised soybeans and corn. I worked on the farm and drove tractors and combines....