Appalachia People How we was Raised

[@drock5404]

Raised right, thats how.

[@claymack1109]

​@@jussmith2076get the heck outta here with your crap dude

[@jont8707]

Aman

[@ernestwilliams268]

You got that right.

[@debrajones4010]

You’re right! Today people have become so selfish and greedy. They don’t care about if their neighbors are starving or sick, no matter how much they have or the needs to help someone if they’re sick. Pssshhhh, some of them couldn’t care less about their own families, so you know they’re not gonna reach out a helping hand to a stranger. I couldn’t live with myself knowing there was someone close to me that I could help and I didn’t. These people were just so generous and grateful for what they did get and even if they worked to the bone, they’d make sure that their next people around them and their children had enough to eat and their children. If only our world were like this today.😭😭😭

[@johnkelley6278]

Although we had no TV, no Internet, no computer and a phone with a party line we were happy and busy spending time roaming the woods, fishing, listening to Grandma's ghost stories and eating home cooked meals . Thanks Donnie!

[@donnielaws7020]

That's so true my friend. Thanks for sharing this.

[@saundrajohnson1571]

Party lines! I had forgotten all about those! 😄

[@charlenemock333]

I am a born-and-bred country girl from Georgia and I wouldn't trade my upbringing with anyone!!! We didn't grow up with a lot of material things but we had a lot of love in our hearts!!!❤️ Thank you for sharing this Donnie!!! I love this story!!!!!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@carolynrossiter8141]

We grew up on the cherokee rez wouldn't have it otherwise i miss my mountains

[@JasonSheppard-uy9ij]

​@@donnielaws7020Donnie I love your stories and could never get Tired of listening to you sir God Bless and Be safe❤🙏🙏

[@janiechandler4254]

Oh gosh this makes my heart yearn. Thank you & God Bless you always.

[@markbarnes9241]

That is because love is all that matters.

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

I love the fact that you're not ashamed of the Lord Christ. These days so many people fear the mockery of man, and pretend they've never heard of Jesus even though they claim to be Christians. But you speak right out, and I appreciate it. ✝️

[@davidshipes4247]

Amen

[@crystalharrison8999]

Mr. Donnie, please never stop sharing. Thank you for helping us preserve history and memories.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome.

[@perijetton9275]

How blessed we are to be raised up right with the promise of Jesus Christ! Thank you Mr. Donnie and God Bless you my friend.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@janicemclaughlin8100]

I wasn’t raised in in the Appalachia mountains. I am also a baby boomer. I was raised in SE Pennsylvania.8 kids and Mom and Dad. And we were poor.I’m feeling so melancholy watching this Donnie. I was raised also with many of your ways. Our hearts will always be pulled to our childhood memories and where we grew up. My roots. Your beautiful Appalachia is your roots. Baby boomers are the best people.✨💫

[@zodszoo]

The elders are so important to the young. I'm nearly 50, and my grandmother has been in Heaven for 25 years. I get choked up even today fondly thinking of her. Your recollections, tho differing from mine due to time and distance, still carry similarities. Very much appreciate your sharing, Sir.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@calebsmith3619]

Thank you for this video. It reminds me of my childhood. We were never rich by the world's standard's. But I was raised in a Christian home like you, I feel like the richest happiest man in the Lord!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you.

[@airflowfpv7791]

Yep, this stuff we have today sure was a sorry trade for family, love and God. Id take them old days back if I could.

[@judyfaul8524]

We didnt appreciate at the time; but those were the best days of our lives!💗

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you.

[@wayneclark8482]

Brother Donnie what a blessing this video is to me ! If we could go back to teaching our children how to become boys and girls with a work ethic and to have respect for our older people and to have faith in Jesus our Savior! My how our society has fallen. Educated we have become more advanced but spiritually and morally we have gone backwards. God bless you and your family ✝️

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

What a blessing to have a Christian father! 😊

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend.

[@nonnieprice5827]

I grew up in a large family, I'm the 4th of 6 girls no boys . My mother used a old black pot filled with water, that we kids carried from the spring ,she boiled our dirty clothes and scrubbed our clothes on a scrub board ,until her hands were red and swollen. I remember time's when my grandmother would come and stay with us for awhile . People use to take care of their elders, no nursing homes needed. Donnie ,this video was a blessing to me ,a walk down memory lane on my 71st birthday . Knowing christ as savior and Lord is the most important thing in this life and the promise of heaven when we leave this old world behind. Thank you Donnie for keeping memories like these alive. God bless.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@oldschool8292]

Happy Birthday

[@nonnieprice5827]

Thank you.

[@nonnieprice5827]

@@oldschool8292 Thank you

[@davidburchfield2720]

Happy birthday to you and may God bless you 🙏

[@trapped7534]

Thank you Mr. Donnie. Brought back many memories. I went to a one room school house for my first 3 years. Learned much more than the bigger schools. We had a water pump out front and 2 toilets out back. Yep,fancy.. boys and girls.. lol. I hunted and fished with my brothers and Dad. My grandfather’s were all dead when I was little,lost all grandmothers by the time I was 17. Had a “surrogate” couple that babysat me and they were like grandparents. Like you,I learned so much from family and family friends. I eventually went to college (the only one of 6 kids) but I was in my early 30’s before I went. Wanted to be a nurse and in 1986 accomplished that goal with RN after my name. I am still a country kid at heart,live in the country with my dogs,chickens and a couple of ducks. Retired and old now,but still remember my childhood very fondly.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your memories with us my friend. God bless you.

[@trapped7534]

@@donnielaws7020 ,God Bless you and yours my friend.

[@phyllisarrington7436]

When I was 18, I moved from Arden, NC to school in Charlotte. Oh, I missed the Blue Ridge. I promised myself that after school, I'd move back home and never leave, and I did. I raised 4 kids here and them and the grandkids all live here. How much happier can somebody be? ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.

[@airflowfpv7791]

You are truly blessed.

[@jjjackson5183]

There is a book I am sure you would LOVE. It is a children's book called, "When I was Young in the Mountains."

[@LindaMeeks-n8s]

Forgot the kids this day and time if they had to live that way they wouldn't know and how to start just like the only grandkid I had; I done my best to teach and show her how; One thing to this day if daddy was living u walked in that room turn the light on started to walk out leave the light on daddy would say turn around turn the light off; my granddaughter had to have every light on??

[@airflowfpv7791]

@@LindaMeeks-n8s yeah these kids today,, but it's also been like that for a few generations now. They have no idea about how to actually live.. Only if the gas station is opened and there's a McDonald's up the road can they survive, or even be happy... They have no clue if the Internet goes down..

[@frankiewood9161]

I live down here in Alabama but that's the way we was all raised. And wouldn't trade it for any other way. God bless

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you.

[@CaroleLeamer735]

Thank you for sharing this, Mr Donnie ❤ We need to get back to the core values that built this nation❤ God bless you

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.

[@debby891]

Amen to that🙏

[@LittleOcasioHomestead]

Good morning friend 😊 It's beautiful to see children raised right. I feel bad for the young ones today.

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Thank you.

[@mrwilliams6626]

Great story, Donnie, that's why the good Lord gave us a brain. And give us a memory, we can always go back home.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thank you. God bless.

[@johnkelley6278]

You got that right, I go back to my memories of 50 to 60 years ago & I do it 2 or 3 times a day! Nice post , thanks !

[@gailweikelcorrea]

Mornin Mr. Laws have a blessed day ❤....HILLBILLY PROUD !!!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. God bless you.

[@tonyasmith9780]

Even though I was from Kentucky my kids grew up away from there I made it a point to teach them to respect others as well as saying please and thank you.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@michaelsnow5229]

Amen, Donnie God bless you and your family

[@blakemcdaniel5007]

I remember those things too ! I tell my grandson you only as good as your word! God bless my friend!

[@justinsanders2705]

Growing up in the 80s and 90s, my family kept many of these traditions, but as the years moved on and the older generations left us, the traditions have almost gone away. Im so thankful I got to see some of these wonderful ways of life that new generations will miss out on. Thank you for a wonderful video, and God bless you, my friend

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks so much for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@SarahJacobs-nb3lw]

Exactly, I was raised too, in 80s90s , today these kid's have no idea, how head it was back then, I remember my mom cutting wood and me and my brother helping getting inside before the winter comes, and mama used to heat up ice water up pot on the stove, too keep us warm,

[@airflowfpv7791]

It is up too us now to teach that old way of life and family values. We have to carry that torch as often as we can...

[@SarahJacobs-nb3lw]

@airflowfpv7791 I agree yes, but this kids wouldn't be like us , I don't think there really that strong enough in today's time,

[@airflowfpv7791]

@@SarahJacobs-nb3lw Sadly I agree. When times get tough again, these last few generations will have no idea what to do.

[@safetydave720]

Thanks for trip down memory lane. I lived on Embreeville mountain for 50 years and I sure miss that life.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.

[@TennValleyGal]

Donnie, that exactly how I was raised and I thank God each and every day for my Mom and Dad, my 7 brothers and sisters, and all my kinfolk and the great blessings of growing up a hillbilly. My life has been filled with work, family, joy, laughter and sorrow. I have regrets but much fewer than my city friends. And that is a blessing, too. Thanks for another video that let's us step back into the past...into better times. God bless....

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories. God bless you.

[@lauriecrowsey3171]

I can relate to a lot of what you talk about. I am born and raised in the Ozark Mountains-Arkansas. I have lived on the farm that I grew up on my whole life with the exception of a total of 4 years. I raised my family here and this is home, in my blood. Vacation Bible School was one of the highlights of my summers along with Youth camp. Going to church every time the doors where open, Sunday school, Wednesday nights, and revivals. Thank you for bringing back a lot of memories.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@janapetty2806]

Same here. If you go back far enough, I'll bet your folks came from Appalachia like mine.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Vacation Bible School! Several memories of my time there just came back when I watched this video.

[@kathleenworkman3884]

Ozark mountain girl here, too. There’s nothing better than fresh garden food and cornbread!

[@garyglanville1158]

Donnie you covered it all. Thank you. One thing came to mind while watching this was the fans placed in the church pews. Usually by the local funeral home. I love my Christian elders that came before me. It lead me to be open to Gods call to preach. When I got the call and prepared to go off to college my Tennessee mountain grandmother said to me, “ Gary , I’ve always prayed one of my boys would be a preacher”. We’ll she got her prayer answered. Been in the ministry 45 years. Thankful for my mothers side from the mountains of East Tennessee and thankful for you

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you

[@Mama24loves]

I can't express how much I love and appreciate this channel.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much my friend. God bless you.

[@campingdad3615]

We need to get back to teaching the children to pray to God in schools and I believe this country would turn back to God . Thanks for the video Donnie keep up the good work.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.

[@chrishensley6745]

So True Donnie....I,m just 50 and caught the tail end of the old ways from grandparents like you said..humble God fearing people that back then would pull together...even to this day on wife,s side of family from Roan Mtn. they will pull together and Hand dig the grave still when a loved one dies.Take care buddy.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.

[@kathywendt7861]

My parents were both raised on dairy farms. Many similarities. I grew up in town, never witnessed "butchering" and had electricity. Still there were chores, Weeding the garden and flowerbeds, laundry day, ironing and when got older, helping Dad with projects. Sunday was going to Church and visiting the grandparents of one side or the other. Sassing and disrespect were not tolerated. 2 weeks out of every Summer were spent VBS. Wish would have payed better attention at family reunions. Just my Dad's sister, a sister-in-law and a couple of his cousins is all that remains of that generation. Wish everyone.was raised like we were.... Donnie, another great episode! Like talking about old times over coffee with a friend. LOVED IT!! 👏👏👏 Have a blessed day, mine is for having watched this...

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@jonmason9360]

Donnie, great days ahead for those who love the Lord ! ' Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. God Bless

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Me to. God bless you.

[@kathysherrill7243]

amen!

[@mikeautry2271]

Reminiscing about my Grandmother ,uncle's, and my mother & family...thanks for this beautiful story...

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend.

[@arthurpeterson246]

I agree with you, give me the mountains any day with a fastback biscuit and a cup of coffee and I'm happy. Have a Blessed weekend friends !

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.

[@ricksmith-iw2op]

Mr Donnie I couldn't agree more. Some of my fondest memories are with my granny at her house. No running water and an old coal cook stove and them biscuits and gravy and side meat. I miss that. Take care.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you.

[@debbiemay2212]

I Love this… so very true,and I miss those days.Thank you for sharing ✝️

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@Letthesonshineinjesusislord]

Just beautiful! Thankyou for sharing. Love listening to you and your wisdom. Brings comfort and peace. God Bless you and much love in Jesus ❤ 🙏.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@louisianapatriot5818]

This reminds me of my childhood. At family's and neighbor's homes for harvest and everyone processed from field to freezer. Butchering was a whole weekend party, again everyone doing their part. Thank God I was able to experience such things.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.

[@wendyh3297]

Donnie, this one made me yearn for that sense of community you describe so well. Back when "doing right" was the norm and not the exception, back when integrity meant everything and people looked out for one another. And then there is the thread that binds us together Donnie...the most important thing ,,.having the Lord at the center of your life.

[@bev4155]

Oh how precious those memories are! Family is everything and you are right, when you realize that Family is everything, many people are now gone. Thank you and God bless 🙏💙

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@maxtrein532]

I'm from the Netherlands. Living in a small town down South. I'm raised the same way. Always out poaching with my dad and uncles. And I can see there's a big difference between small towns and big cities. It's like we can enjoy the simple things in life more. I've got kids myself now and also try to teach them the right way. Thank you for your beautiful story and God bless.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.

[@josephbarnett2566]

Poaching what?

[@evermore4487]

These photos and stories are so poignant and precious. And you, Donnie Laws, are the perfect teller. Thank you!

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks so much for saying this my friend. Thank you. God bless you.

[@mematoseven8709]

Mr. Donnie, I know of everything you touched on in this video. I'm 70 years old and was raised in the piedmont area of NC. This stirred so many memories for me today. I sure do miss my granddaddy and grandma. I've been yearning to talk to them lately.

[@Kel_Larua]

Thank you for another great one and so spot on. I am so glad I was raised "old fashioned" and with the traditions. Being the only girl, my Dad also made sure I was self-sufficient and knew how to fix things and do things. We need to go back to these foundations because this "new world" has proven the experiment has failed. So glad I live in an area still holding on to the old traditions and raising. Have a great day, stay safe, and God Bless.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@Angel-nu7fm]

Donnie this so brings me back, though I was raised in NYC...church on Sunday, and most importantly, family dinners. When we let family dinners go away, we began a decline as a society. Also, we baby boomers got to see science fiction become science fact. Something magical about that. Never used an adults first name unless they gave you permission. Saving up for what you wanted - now THAT is a lost art and the cause of economic collapse too.....there was right and wrong - not what you "identified" with......how did we let the values of so many generations get away?

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. I understand. God bless you.

[@mistytroutt7211]

Mr. Donnie I'll say it again I absolutely love hearing these stories. It ain't nothing like a good ole pan of fried taters, beans and cornbread. One thing that is so very true the older you get the more life starts taking away from you. When you start losing people you love life just ain't the same but always put God first. Wonderful story I'm looking forward to hearing the next one. Take care ♥️

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you.

[@pauldavis6242]

Yes sir!!! Grandma's are precious😊!!! Mine raised me.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend.

[@PAPAROUSwhatsinthedirt]

Thank you Donnie. Mountain folk everywhere were raised pretty much the same way. I miss those times.

[@donnielaws7020]

So true my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you Bill.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

I'd say plenty of rural folks everywhere were raised this way. The only thing missing here was The Grange. It was a farmers' organization and a social center.

[@rodmanning7114]

The right way of raising children. Nothing wrong with work. Keeps the mind working in the right way. Thanks for sharing.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you.

[@melanielohr2273]

Thank you for the reminder of the ways that we were raised right and the ways of our past. Sometimes we get so busy that we need a video like this to slow us down and remember all the good times. Thank you for this Mr. Laws.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@clintlittle8833]

I really appreciate and enjoy your stories. I'm 45 years old, and I wasn't around back in the those days but I sure do remember maw maw and Paw Paw telling me all about it. Those really seemed like much simpler times

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing this my friend.

[@russellbrown5829]

Thank you for sharing your faith in God and Jesus Christ. And the importance of going to church and reading the Bible.

[@wayne-tg1xh]

Thank u Donnie for this video.i love looking at old pictures.i wish I could go back in time and live with my grandparents and great grandparents for awhile then come back to now.lol.the older people was honest,hard working people.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Your very welcome.

[@thomasfugitt3461]

I remember my grandparents as being my heroes as I stayed with them as much as I could their house was where my parents lived when I was born so that was home to me. Many memories of my early years and not enough room to tell it here

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. I do understand that. God bless you. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[@bettyfeliciano7322]

Oh the memories! I remember almost all of these things Mr Laws! We were poor as church mice, but we had God, good family and friends and food on our table! Blessings always! ❤️✝️

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. God bless you.

[@karena2685]

Amen! America needs to go back to these values!

[@nancylee1625]

Thank you Brother Donnie for reminding us of wonderful times gone by. I married into a family much like your own but they were from the mountains of Virginia. They were farmers and lived close to the Lord and the land. The women took care of their men and their children and while there wasn’t a lot of store bought stuff, no one ever went hungry. My husband taught me to track and hunt deer, squirrel, rabbit even an occasional groundhog. He has gone on to be with the Lord but I know we will meet again. Thank you for a heartwarming video. See you on the other side.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your memories. God bless you.

[@barbaragrady1082]

Thanks for a great video Donnie. Even though I have always lived close to the East Coast of NC our life was the same as you described. At 81 yrs old, I feel like I have lived in 2 worlds. Your video made me homesick for bygone years.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.

[@buglover-qb1dq]

Some of the best "preaching" I've heard lately is Donnie Laws talking about those "old days", Not so Long ago. Although I grew up in Pennsylvania, my Pastor dad, never Lost his Appalachian Tennessee roots or that Deep Southern way of talking/speaking!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.

[@dawnridpath1755]

Thank you donnie for sharing.i just love these kind of stories and pictures...I wished I had known then what I know now. I would have asked my grandparents more and more questions and listened more.

[@donnielaws7020]

Me to my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@linaleblanc8288]

Thank you, Mr Donnie. You reminded us of the way life ought to be

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome.

[@susiek.johnson3923]

You've described my childhood, but I did not grow up in Appalachia. But everything you described was my childhood and beyond. I grew up in Washington, it was not just a southern thing. I wish it was the same today.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.

[@smokintee117]

Donnie I was born and raised in Texas but so many of your stories were true for me too. We lived about a quarter of a mile from my dads parents. So many times we shared meals together and my grandmother taught me about how she cooked. You take me back to a place that fills my heart. God bless you my friend. I’m 65 years old and I’ve already lived longer than either of my parents did. You make me feel like life matters.

[@smokintee117]

I have to add another God bless you. Your stories touch me the core of my heart. They make me sit here and cry as I remember. You are more of a blessing than you could ever know.

[@tennesseesmoky9012]

Thankful to God for the people who cared for me as a young boy. They did their very best to make sure that I was raised the right way. They taught me right from wrong as I grew up. They encouraged me to live the right way and to do what was right no matter what. Thank you for this video. - Tennessee Smoky

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. You had great parents. Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.

[@arevavaful]

Thank you for these wonderful stories, Donnie... They're a precious part of our history, and sadly they are slipping away. I think most baby boomers like us, were raised this way, with these values... even if you lived in the city. Now, the younger generations know nothing of these values, except a rare few... I pray this country can turn around, and come back to this values, that made this land strong. Have a wonderful weekend, God Bless 🙋💕

[@donnielaws7020]

So true my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.

[@oldschool8292]

Amen

[@mimime5376]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful life you had. Perfect way to start my day. 😊🙏🏼❤️

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.

[@washguy9577]

Sounds like a great child being taught the true of our Lord and being in a loving family

[@donnielaws7020]

It still is my friend.

[@teresachavez.a2zen]

Beautiful tales. My family looked pretty much the same. Must have been a sign of the times. Thanks for sharing.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.

[@brucemoore463]

I wasn’t raised in the mountains of Appalachia but I was raised with the same values by the old people! It has served me well in my life and I passed it on to my children! None of my brothers or sister have been in jail so our parents raised us right!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you.

[@tammiescreations4340]

Even though there are several miles separating us our raising is nearly the same. My grandma had an old wood burning cook stove and we lived next door to her. I can remember going to her house to catch the school bus and have breakfast while I waited. She would already have cooked her and my aunt’s breakfast. She always had biscuits and sausage cooked. Grandma would crumble the sausage up and beat up a couple eggs with the sausage, now that was some fine eating right there! Thanks for the memories ❤😊

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your memories. God bless you.

[@terryfinley7760]

Thank you Donnie, for this absolutely accurate representation of growing up in Appalachia as a baby boomer and even many years earlier! I’m 65 years old and I can identify with everything you said! They were good times for sure. I would go back if I could.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.

[@GinaMoore-w9v]

God bless you Donnie that is how we were raised. My grandpa Benge came from east Kentucky. I love Kentucky and the hills. The world needs more of the old ways.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.

[@norajung4513]

Such beautiful memories. Those memories and stories are so precious and need remembered. I love that you share them with us. Thank you for sharing and sparking memories for me.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Glad you enjoy them. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this.

[@JaredKingTV]

Love this my awesome mountain brother! GREAT BIG Amen Donnie. God bless you my brother

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you brother. God bless you.

[@lannyfaulkner6697]

Blessings Donnie! Watching these videos and listenting to you floods my mind with sweet memories of my childhood and the now-gone family and friends that made life a joy! Stay well friend and keep posting !!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Hello my friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this.

[@cherylatkinson7479]

Thanks again, Donnie, for sharing your memories. I never get tired of hearing them. I remember those days too, the good and the bad. I didn't grow up on a farm or in the mountains, but I was raised for the most part in the country and taught the same values. Love God✝️, your family, your country, respect your elders and people in authority.or you'd get a spanking. Saying the Pledge to the flag 🇺🇸and singing My County tis' of Thee to start off the morning at school. I couldnt wait to be able to drive my daddy's riding lawnmower or his truck and get my first shotgun and go huntin'' with him PRECIOUS MEMORIES!!! This country would be in much better shape if more folks these days were raised the same way that you and I were back then.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.

[@nancyholcombe8030]

I do believe we have truly lost something here as the world gets more mechanised and people become more insular and competitive. Like you, I miss those days. I miss when we truly looked after each other instead of just at them. I really enjoyed you sharing your way of life and family pictures with us Donnie. Please take care and may God bless you and yours.

[@frankysmith4624]

Thank you so very much for this video, laying here watching it with tears in my eyes, so many fond memories of my childhood some good some not so much, but wouldn't trade my upbringing for anything in this world, turned 62 this year and I truly miss those simpler times, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, please keep up the great work you do!!

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome my friend.

[@Christina-cq6hq]

Wonderful memories. I miss my elders so much. There is so much more I would have loved to learn from them. Thank you for another wonderful video. ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Me to my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@Christina-cq6hq]

@@donnielaws7020 and God bless you, too

[@mngirl5437]

I miss getting up before the sun, in the cool of the morning to do the days baking with Gran...I learned so much at her elbow ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing this my friend.

[@dwaynetitus2012]

Those are the golden memories of the past that effected most of our childhood coming up, growing up to have respect for our elders, manners, morals and the love of family and country is lost these days it's very sad. Some of the best learning about all aspects of life like work ethics, hunting, fishing and just the basics of survival in this world can be learned by those older folks that have the knowledge of things that you could never learn in a formal school education, their knowledge is endless on many things. School is very important for any child but the learning we get from the elders is also very special. Nice Video Donnie be safe my friend , God Bless

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend.

[@danhall5183]

Hello Mr laws wanted to say you are so great for sharing your history growing up your story's family is everything it takes me back those were the best times I will keep listening to you and thank you again and god bless you sir

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thank you so much for sharing this. Glad you enjoy them. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@msw00]

Great video, and very true in the full range of the Appalachians, from Alabama to Maine, same set of mountains, just given different names for different regions...the God fearing/loving folks held the same values throughout, love your neighbor as you love your family, do unto others as you would have done unto you, be self sufficient and supporting of those in distress.

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.

[@Sparty-pi3jq]

I'm glad there is another part of the country, where home always calls you back. I'm from Montana and everyone tells me I'm crazy, when I say home is calling me back.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend.

[@colleenhelminiak1429]

(Sighing wistfully) I was brought up mostly by my grandparents - and whatever good is in me came from what I learned from them. Brought back a few tears remembering the "olden days." We were raised the same way you were, Mr. Laws - I guess the term for our upbringing would be "old school" Thank you so much for your channel, Mr. Laws. May God bless you and your family - I appreciate you so very much - we can't let the stories of the past to die a silent death. To tell and retell the history of the family is of utmost importance, seeing the world that we live in now - makes it an even more urgent thing to do. Besides, in retelling the stories, we bring those who have passed on close to us, comforting our memories, and even if only for a little while, it is like they are still on the porch, rocking and/or swinging on the porch swing. Again, my deepest appreciation is being sent your way - thank you so very, very much. 🤗🥰💖💖💖

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing your memories and thoughts my friend. God bless you. Your so right. Your very welcome.

[@colleenhelminiak1429]

👍@@donnielaws7020

[@dhamma58]

I always wish to say thank you for all this personal sharing...and true to the screen that says keeping it real...

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. God bless you.

[@leonjennings4632]

God Bless All The Appalachian People Past and Present Thank You Donnie for a Wonderful Video This Morning Y'all Have A Blessed Day And Please Be Safe ✌️

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you.

[@roberthand6436]

Brought back some precious memories, Donnie! Thank you as always for sharing. This share-cropper's son saw the backs of mules, not tractors, but a good mule was worth more than its weight in money, and they all had personalities of their own, didn't they? Fascinating animals! My daddy had a special way with mules, and could get more out of them without abusing them than anybody else I ever knew. I miss him so, and we'll have a lot to catch up on when it's my time to reach that better world. Shabbat Shalom and shavua tov, my brother! G-d bless you and yours, Donnie! You mean more to me than you'll ever know! ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. I really appreciate that.

[@noraharris3857]

Thank you. This was great. I was raised up in these mountains and learned many of the same lessons . Church was and still is important , would be great if we could put God back in the school day. Anyways Thank you, my mother and I always enjoy these videos. My mom is 76 years old and she loves your videos. God bless you and yours.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.

[@shanasmith4176]

Oh my goodness When Mr. Donnie was talkin about precious memories of watchin and listenin to his grandmother made brought tears to my eyes cause I miss my grandmothers everyday. I have my precious memories. Ive got precious memories of workin in the garden with my granddaddy and my mama

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you. Thanks for your memories.

[@greatmusicfan57]

Good morning Mr. Donnie. Thanks for another infomative video.❤The fear of G..d is the begining of Wisdom.💕💕🙏🙏✝️At one time in this country MOST communities large and small had faith and helped one another. Gone are the days.😢

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Your very welcome.

[@chrisolbert3126]

I look forward every week to my day off and watching your teachings on Friday mornings. This one here definitely is top tier. I'm from up north (Western PA) which we have backwoods traits too but in my opinion we're just a generic version of the southern people and their ways. The southern people have great heart and family beliefs in which they know how to keep traditions going from generation to generation. Once again, that's my opinion. Definitely would've been a honor to been southern born. Take care Donnie/family and be safe. I'll see you next Friday morning.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much my friend.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Mr Donnie, You took me through my life in this quick look back. I was taken back there, felt it, smelled it and I shed some tears for the people that were called home. Thank you Sir!

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend.

[@randlerichardson5826]

I’m thankful I was raised right to sir. No amount of money can buy my memories because they are priceless to me and I’m sure you feel the same way. My great great grandmother was 100% Cherokee Indian.

[@ttraceytlt123]

Great job as usual. I think this is one of your best yet. Thank you for all the time it takes to do these films and tell such wonderful stories for us to enjoy.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much. God bless you.

[@reecia3197]

So beautiful and touching. God bless you for sharing and keeping your memories alive in such a wonderful way.

[@jameslandrum555]

Amen! Mr Donnie. Ya’ll was raised right & I feel that we’re living in the last days, just my opinion & feeling in my spirit. I wish kids could be raised that way now days & this world would be better off.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.

[@simonjohn1176]

I’m not from America but I love the stories about salt of the earth people in those valleys. I grew up in similar circumstances as these people and am proud of that although in a different country. Thanks Donnie . I listen every time I see your posts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[@markbrooks5278]

What a Blessing Donnie , oh how you brought back memories! GOD Bless you Donnie , and thankyou for all your efforts!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@genepenninger879]

We were so fortunate to be raised and around the greatest generation ever. Makes us the luckiest..

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend.

[@johnparog5434]

This video rings back the old memories of my by gone years , of my family and friends . This actually brings a tear to this grizzled old farmers eye remembering my past, thank you Donnie, thank you so much for sharing this with us and may God bless you and yours my friend. 👋👋

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.