More Southern Souls

"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.”

"I had two days off so we drove here from Chattanooga. We Googled places in the South and we came down here to see...

“I was a single mom for ten years and had three kids. I got pregnant when I was in high school and my life went down...

Nanette: Darlene Coleman grew up in Mobile, the people who got custody of her lived in Fairhope so she moved here. I...

“I started a new job yesterday. I graduated in December from the University of South Alabama. The real world has been...

“My dad wanted to name me after his grandmother, but her name was Zelda. My mom didn't want to name me Zelda, so they...

“Mother has been my role my whole life. It is an instinct for me. I have five kids. Four girls and a boy. I had my...