More Southern Souls

"We are from New Mexico. We left on the 25th of May and are on a road trip driving to North Carolina with his job....

“I was trafficked by a family member for food and other basic needs. While this was happening, I was being sexually...

"I was once an honors student who graduated ninth my senior class at Lillie B. Williamson High School in Mobile. I...

Paige "My grandparents owned this and I grew up here. They built the house I am still living in. Clay and I started...

"I just graduated high school and about to go to Montevallo. I feel weird about it because there is so much unknown. I...

"Growing up I thought I was going to be in the NFL and had to learn there was more to a future than sports. I was...

"I have been a  driver for Fed Ex for three months. I was laid off of my job doing drafting work. I am forty-something...

”We moved here in January from Colorado. I work at Panini Pete's and Sunset Pointe. My grandparents lived in Mobile...

This morning I started writing the final story of the sex trafficking series that begins in Lagniappe next week....

“I am an elementary school teacher and teach  grade. I am ready for summer. It is liberating. I have been teaching for...

“I grew up on a long dirt road with no one around me in Saraland. I didn't have many friends so I created them. I made...

“I am 94 years old. I had 12 kids. 9 are still living. I am still alive and take a walk every day.”