This really touched me, Mr. Laws. I was raised by my Grandmother. When I was little every night at bedtime we would say the Lord's prayer.Two days ago my wife and I were baptized. I could hear her saying that prayer.The good Lord only knows what would happened to me if it wasn't for her. So thank you for this my friend. God bless you.

Growing up in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia was a playground for us back when I was a child. We played in those hills for hours at a time. I still love the mountains. I remember my grandma and her ringer washer and the many quilts she made by hand . She worked hard but lived a healthy life until she was 96. My mom also lived to 96 who just passed away this year. The mountains are calling and I must go. Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers who are watching. I'll see you again in heaven mom.

Miss my mom's biscuits and gravy. I would give anything to hear her voice and the accent she never lost. Thank you for this tribute and God bless 🙏💙😎

Thank you Donnie. For the walk down memory lane. I remember, going barefoot, mother's wood stove, gathering stove wood. I remember outdoor toliets ,drawing water from a well,filling wash tubs, scrub boards,taking bath in wash tubs, ringer washing machines, and clothes lines .They were busy days but the best days . May God bless you.

Thank you for a sweet tribute to the mothers and grandmothers of yesteryear, hard working,God fearing women who had huge families and no modern conveniences. Happy Mothers Day to all, past and present❤

My grandmother raised 8 kids. 3 girls and 5 boys...and got her brother out of the orphanage after she got married. She raised all of them by herself as my grandpa died when my mother was 12. My grandmother was a strong woman. ❤❤❤

So many prayers gone up over time, what a blessing! They taught us how to pray too. Happy Mother's Day 💐❤️

God Bless Donnie 🙏🏻 If anyone is fortunate enough to still have your mother, hug them and tell them you love them because you will miss them when they’re gone ❤️

Sent the memories flooding back, they worked so hard, there were nine of us and mother always had a meal for each of us, our clothes were clean, I remember my grandmother when I was around 20, she would have been around 90+, one thing I regret is not talking and listening to our family history Happy mother's day to all mothers and grandmothers here or gone

Such a great living story. Mother's are the backbone of our lives always. Without them and God we wouldn't be who we where we are today. Happy Mother's Day to all the Appalachian mothers, past and present, and all the mothers around the world! I thank you for being a mom and appreciate all the hard work you put into it everyday abd then some. I am a mana and it is the single best thing I have ever done. Have a wonderful and a very blessed day! Love to all the mothers out there and their families!!!!🤗😘❤🙏🙏🙏👸⚘⚘⚘👻

Thank you for this touching tribute, Donnie. My great grandmothers lived very hard lives, and I wish I had paid closer attention to them when I was younger. God bless.🙏❤️

Thank you so much. I miss my Mom every day. So great to know that if we know Jesus as our Saviour, we will see them again. So appreciative of your work! Jane in SC❤🙏🏻

Thank you so much Mr. Donnie for sharing this tribute to all mothers. I love watching & listening about the ways the mothers & the families lived back in the day. I’m always impressed of how strong their faith in the Lord was back then. Life back then was about God, Family & Hard Work! God bless you my friend. 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇❤️👍🏻

I love love love this it’s about yesteryear ! I tell young girls all the time how easy we have it ! We are so soft now compared to then ! The talent, creativity, and craftsmanship of this era will never be again it makes me sad we always think we have better ! More isn’t always better it’s just more ! This almost made me cry this is precious ! Mostly true Christian women so rare❤so thank you Donnie !❤❤❤

Touched my heart! How true they were the backbone of the family and never complained went to bed tired got up tired. God Bless them!👍❤️🥰🙏🌺

am 74 and can still hear and see my grandmother as she sat in front of the fire in her rocking chair say to me==come let grandma rock you...would climb on her lap and fall asleep. Remember it like yesterday,,,,,,,miss everyone so much,

Lovely episode, Mr. Laws. Our GrandMothers and Great GrandMothers were undoubtedly of a different breed. Thank you for setting them apart in this video today for their own honor. We miss them all...

….I love the picture of Peggy Harmon comforting her elderly Aunt as she was dying….beautiful picture.

Amen brother! This one definitely touches the heart and pays a lot of respect. God bless you Donnie, have a good'n

Excellent video Donnie. The strength of a culture can be measured how the children, the elderly and the women are treated.

My grandma was the toughest woman I ever knew. She raised 12 kids in a two room cabin with a loft, cooked on an old wood cook stove in the heat of Kentucky summers, and her children never went hungry. Sometimes the meals were just fried green tomatoes or soup made from chicken feet, but her and grandpa provided. Her only fear was lightning due to when she was a girl, her best friend was killed by lightning riding a mule in from the field as a storm was breaking. She would sit behind a door in her rocker during storms and just keep saying "Oh Lordy" over and over. She died at age 64, and by today's standards people would guess her age to be upper 80's by appearance.

My mountain Granny was the salt of the earth and the cornerstone of our little family. She went to Heaven in 1995. My Mother is still here, but we intend to follow. God bless y'all .

Another moving video from Mr. Donnie Laws. I thank God for the women who loved and cared for this little boy. Both of my grandmothers were so kind. They made sure that I had everything that I needed. They tried their best to teach me what was right, and the consequences of getting it wrong. They fed me in so many ways. They corrected me when I needed it. They took me to the dry goods store and made sure that I had a good pair of blue jeans and new tennis shoes. They cooked every meal that I ate as a kid. It was always a good one and I cleaned my plate every time, because they would not allow me to waste a bite. They took me to church on Sunday and made sure that I did my work in school everyday of the week. I still remember my grandma hollering for me to “come into this house, it’s getting dark.” They made me take a bath, and they would check that I cleaned “real good” behind my ears. They taught me how to say my prayers, being thankful for all that I had. They would let me sleep with my window open in my bedroom when it was so hot here in the south. In the mornings, at the start of my day, they would always make sure that I had a big hug. They always squeezed me so tightly. And they would always tell me to”mind your manners” as i ran out through that screen door. Thank you Mr. Laws for stirring up all of those memories of the beautiful women who raised me and cared for me. God bless y’all. - Tennessee Smoky

Thanks for sharing Mr Donnie Such a great tribute to those wonderful woman ❤️♥️🗝️🇺🇸👍

You are truly a blessing to me Mr. Donnie. Thank you for this lovely tribute video to the most amazing women of our lives. God Bless!

I'm only 47 but I was blessed to be raised by my grandparents in the mountains of NW North Carolina. I would trade a year of my life to have one more of my grandmother's cakes of corn bread and pintos from that old wood cook stove cooked with lard we rendered from our hogs we raised on slop, and canned sour kraut at dinner time with a dozen of my family joining in. She passed away in 2012 at the age of 99 after raising 8 kids and then 2 more counting my cousin and me. I have never missed anyone as much.

God bless and keep our loving MOTHERS. Happy Mother's Day!!!

Woo! I remember my Dad’s mom always cooking big old cat head biscuits, gravy, mashed potatoes and fatback! Good eating with the whole family around the kitchen table. Dad’s mom got her finger caught in the wringer one time and messed it up...crooked for the rest of her life (today, she’d have had surgery, but then, she just bandaged it up and kept going.) So grateful for our sweet forebearers... I was fortunate to know both of my grandmothers and two of my great grandmothers. Thank you for this beautiful reminder.❤🙏🏻Jane in SC

🖐👍🏴‍☠️🇨🇭🇺🇲 Thank Mr.Donnie I still got my mom's wood cookstove,also recall her heating water in the black pot for the ringer washer.She also picked cotton ,milked the cows,walked to work,filled with the holy ghost more than most preachers. Thank God for mothers!!!

My Mammy passed away last October. She was the last of my gramdparents. She would talk if asked about the old times before her mind started to go and it never ceased to amaze me how people made do with what they had back then, or that they were happy despite living in what modern times would call abject poverty. RIP Mammy. I took your words to heart and I know how good I have it because of the sacrificices you made.

You did a wonderful job honoring mothers, Donnie. Those women sure did sacrifice for their families. Thank you sir.

Sadly the young people of today have no recollection of these type of sturdy hard working folk who had morals, values and a love for the Lord. I seriously wonder if they even know who Jesus is. Thank you for this video, Donnie. I miss those days don't y'all?

If EVERY American grew up in Appalachia, just think what an amazing country this would be!!! ❤️👍🙏 Thank you Donnie!!

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video 😢 it brought back many memories of my grandmother this is how she lived. I had many a gravey and BISCUITS. I loved her very much. She's gone on now but I still have many wonderful memories of how much she loved me she worked very hard all her life in the cotton mill and at home she would work all day then come home and cook and clean. I remember that she took care of her parents. ❤ and she always had her Bible and taught me Jesus love me. I miss her very much. Thank you for all the great videos God bless you 🙏.

Thank you Mr. Donnie. I miss my grandmothers. I am a great grandmother now. Not the same…. they forget granny when they grow up. God Bless the Grannies out there. God bless you and yours Mr. Donnie.

Appalation moms and grammas of yesterday were some of the hardest working people on earth! Good strong mountain women!

What a lovely tribute, Donnie! The baby's grave marker brought tears to my eyes. I can't even imagine what the women (and men) went through just to live day to day. I may believe I can imagine it, but there's nothing like reality. Thank you for all you do.

I grew up in those beautiful mountains of Eastern Kentucky, great memories. I love and miss those Mountains.

I learned so many things from my granny cooper. She was loved by everyone. Bless her heart!

The mothers of the past live on through the mothers of today. The wind beneath our wings. Such special memories. And you are right. Family always came first. I think large families appreciated the struggles of day to day life, knowing someone had your back. And no one you could depend more than your mom. I’ll cherish the memories of my mom and grandmothers always. I do miss them. Keep them forever in my mind and heart. Thank you for honoring all the elderly woman who held the families together.

Touched my Heart with this video. My Grandmother used a washboard until 1964. A neighbor gave her a wringer washer. She loved it. Enjoyed watching your touching video.

I used to help my mom with the ringer washer and hanging up clothes...her mom was a midwife during the depression... Thanks Donnie for reminding me of my mothers before me 🤗❤️

Thank you for this. I miss my grandmother alot...especially the last few years She was resourceful, talented and we really connected. I was her shadow. At this time of year I think of her selitting me down on the stoop with a piece of rhubarb and small plate with a bit of sugar as a treat. ...cant wait to hug her again❤

Fantastic Brother Donnie! Thank you for never letting us forget our heritage and love of families that have gone on to be with the Lord ✝️

Good morning! Thank you It is beautiful video ❤ my grandma had 10 children and some she had while cutting sugar cane I miss her she passed praising God so I know she'll be waiting when it's my time😊

Mommy washed all day on Tuesday. Wringer washer on the front porch. Wash tubs full of rinse water. And clothes baskets to carry it all to and from the clothesline 30 yards away. When Dad and me finally got a waterline ran from a spring in the hillside, across the creek, across the dirt driveway, up through the yard to a spicket just off the porch and to the kitchen, my Mommy cried happy tears! Still no bathroom but running water in the kitchen and a water hose to the washer on the porch!❤ This one brought tears for me too. Good one Donnie!

Thank you so much for this video. I was raised by my grandmother my first 10 years of my life until my mother gave birth to my little brother, then i was raised by them both. God bless you and your whole family and God bless all mothers and grandmother...🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊🙂😀

Thanks Donnie, reminds me my mother, she was born in 1919, I was born in 52. We got an indoor bathroom in 64. My fondest memory of when I was young is my mother reading Bible stories to me.

That was nice Mr. Donnie. My mom was a city girl but they were poor too. She told me many stories about the Depression and WW2. She scrubbed clothes on washboards when she was a teenager too.💕🙏✝️👍

THANK YOU Today we have it so much easier. In America there is no reason for any children or adults to go hungry. We have so many food pantries. We have been part of & started several food programs since we got married in 1980. This is our (mine) way of remembering the struggles my family had. To never forget. TO MAKE SURE NO CHILD EVER GOES HUNGRY IN OUR COMMUNITY. Back then every day one was hungry. My Great Grandma had 13 children IT WAS SO HARD. Life was hard. My Fathers family was from South Central Kentucky. GOD BLESS FROM JULIE WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FARMLAND ✝️🇺🇸💕🚜

God bless all Mother's this Mother's Day. My Grandmother was born in 1916 or 1918; Censes had two different dates on her birth. She had 13 children and had lost seven of them before she passed in 2011. Shurely miss her. My Mother passed at age age 61. She had survived breast cancer twenty years and had to have heart surgery because she had Rumatic Fever as a child and it left her heart valve damaged. Sadly she passed from heart complications. I miss them both so dearly. Their deaths devastated me severely. I was hysterical loosing my Mother. Thinking of them and remembering them. God Bless you all. Thank God for our Mother's. Thank you for remembering all Mother's Mr. Laws.

I am 82 years old and remember all those things. God bless.

What a beautiful tribute to honor our forbears. I never cease to be filled with gratitude for the wisdom handed down to me from my mother-raised in a coal mining camp on the side of a mountain, she taught me more about how to live and treat people than a whole college full of psychologists ever could. As a matter of fact, many of them might be served well if they could have learned from her! Well done sir!

Thank you. I remember my grandmother and great-grandmother. I would sit and listen to them talk for hours. My great-grandmother was full Cherokee( my mothers grandmother) and my grandmother ( my mother's mother) was Dutch, German, Irish. Her family migrated to America in the early 1800s. Miss them both.

Thank you Mr laws this one was very special one I remember my Grandma Lilly very well her her pancakes and apple butter lots of memories God bless all the mothers out there 🙏❤️ God bless. To all❤

Thank you Mr. Donnie for sharing another BEAUTIFUL and touching story... i miss my Mom SO much 💔😢

Thank you Mr. Donnie and God bless you and your family!💗✝️

Bless all the mothers and grandmothers...have a great mother's day everyone...thanks Donnie...wonderfully done...

I love this. My grandmother was raised like this and l loved her old traditions. It made me feel rich

Thank you Donnie I want to dedicate this fine video of yours to my mama who was raised by an older sister ,worked as a field hand for hire by my uncle all because her own precious mama died at 37 from hard work and to many kids too fast ! My precious mama died herself at 51 from overwork also . But she gave us a better life .I thank God that he gave me her ! ❤️🙏🏻

My Mamaw Brock had 15 children, and was still cooking and cleaning for us 56 grandchildren. How in the world all those 15 children lived and grew, learned, played, worked, laughed and loved, all thanks to the way she (and Papaw) worked. I miss that dear woman so much. Thank you, Sir, for keeping so many memories alive.

What a beautiful tribute to the mothers who were there before ours were Donnie! I appreciated you showing all of the great and hard things they all had to do so we could be here someday living an easier life. They all wanted things to be better for us, not so hard, not so scary. (like losing babies or children before they were grown to disease and hard living.) They got their wish but I wish that we hadn't lost their creativity and their work ethic. My Big Mama (Granma) came from a farm. She taught me how to sew, how to grow crops, clean the house, and above all, where my food came from! I plucked a chicken when I was ten and went to a pig stickin' at eighteen! My Mom was mad at her (especially the chicken!) but I feel blessed that I know these things. I understand what's on my table and I thank God for it every day! I hope you and all of the Moms in your family have a very blessed Mother's Day!

Thank you so much for honoring these godly mothers and grandmothers.

Once again Mr. Laws' video took me back in time to my child hood and memories of my Mom. She was a hard working Appalachian Mom who had very few material things during her life. She passed away at the young age of sixty eight. I miss her so much especially when I need advise. Happy Mother's day Mom I miss you and love you.

Happy Mothers Day to our Mothers of now an the Past...listen to our elders cause one day they'll wont be there an that knowledge will be lost...

Grandmas were the best. They were strict but righteous people . Great cooks and pie bakers that ever walked the earth. Nothing like a piece of grandmas pie. time spent with grandmas was priceless. Thanks for honoring our grandmas Donnie. Your friend, Louise

How well I remember! They were extremely tough and resourceful. Man it would get hot in the summer when they cooked. Thank God for our Grandparents and parents. No one can even begin to imagine what they endured, just to survive. And yes always putting God first an teaching the children an grand children about Jesus.

Thank you for the loving tribute to those wonderful women who did so much with so little.

This is exactly how my mama, 72, grew up. Not in Appalachia but in Ringgold, GA. How did these women do it?!?❤❤❤❤

Awesome tribute Donnie thank you so very much for sharing 🙏❤️god bless you

Happy Mother’s Day❣️ God Bless you all. This brought back so many memories. Thank you Donnie, for putting this together.

Thank you for sharing this. Brought back so many wonderful memories of my momma and how hard she worked to raise me and my brothers.

God bless all mothers but especially the hard working mothers of yesterday's Appalachia (&today!!)

All I can say: Thank you Donnie. That hits me... I could tell a tale, I could. Thank you brother, I shed a tear when I saw this; biscuits and gravy... something that simple... thank you ...

Grand Tribute To Hard Working Gentle Yet Sometimes Fearsome Warriors

Awww Thank you. I just spent my mother's day with my daughters, granddaughters and my new great granddaughter! 4 generations of females ❤

God blessed me with a mother and grandmother's just like the women you talked about here , hard working very loving people

This is a good tribute. Mr. Donnie. The old way sometimes is the best way.

Thank you Donnie, That was a trip in my memory. I remember eating scratch biscuits (never had any others that even come close) and using the little house, they called it. Memories I wouldn't take a million dollars for. Thank you again. God bless you.

Thank the good Lord for these women who were brave & completely dedicated to their families. Thanks Mr Laws for this wonderful heartfelt video of memories! Blessings always! ❤️✝️

Awesome! Thank you for that very touching video. God Bless all the grandmothers who raised strong men and women that built this country and fought for our freedom. It's very true about the old saying " The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Moves the World".

Donnie sir I sure do miss them days badly. If I had one wish I’d want to go back to them times just one more time.

😢💔 To all of the Nannies and Grannies I have known...I love you and miss you

Awwwwwww what a sweet video! I do miss my grandmas !!!! Thank you for the video. I hope you and your wife have a wonderfully blessed Mother’s Day weekend with your loved ones 😊

THANKS FOR THIS GREAT VIDEO. IT MADE ME THINK OF MY MOM, GRAND MOTHERS AND GREAT GRAND MOTHERS. A LOT OF THE THINGS IN THE PHOTOS,I REMEMBER TOO. THAT BIG WOOD STOVE, THE FURNITURE, THE OLD RINGER WASHER, EVEN THE dead chicken GETTING PLUCKED . I REMEMBER THE SMELL OF THE FEATHERS TOO,WHEN THEY WERE WET. WE HAD BIG FEATHER TICKS ON OUR BEDS AND FEATHER PILLOWS TOO. GOD BLESS ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE, AND GOD BLESS DONNIE FOR THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO.

Well done my friend! This will be my third Mother's Day without my Mom. I miss her every single day. Every day. I I miss my Grandmother's as well. My Grandma in Tennessee, my Mom's Mom, had a coal pile outside. She cooked an old coal stove until the mid to late 1970's. She made the BEST biscuits in the world! There was nothing better than a freshly sliced tomato with leftover bacon on a cold biscuit! Grandma also used a wringer washer that was in the side screened in porch, she used it until the day she passed away. When the day comes that pictures are all you have left, you cherish them beyond what words can say. Thank you Donnie. ❤ I have tears in my eyes with a smile on my face. 💞 ~ APRIL LIPKE

I miss my grandma and grandpa and my great grandma and great grandma

Once again...awesome video/tribute to mothers and grandmothers. Thank you

My GRANDMA HAD 21 CHILDREN ,,SHE RAISED ON NOTHING ,A FARM , NO MONEY AT ALL,JUST THE DIRT UNDER THEIR FEET RAISED A GARDEN TO EAT LIKE KINGS IN WINTER ,, SHE RAISED MY MOMMA MY MOMMA RAISED ME ,ON AND ON ALL BECAUSE SHE SUFFERED CRIED WENT HUNGRY ,IM CRYING THINKING ABOUT HER TROUBLED TIMES ,WE ARE SO FOOLISH TO NOT HONOR THOSE COUNTRY GRANNIES,,,I LOVE ,,HONOR,, YOU ALL♥️🙏🏼♥️

My great granny had 14 kids. God bless you Donnie.

Boy that brought back memories,,seem like blessed days to me now that im older...love them biscuits n gravy cooked on them ol wood cookstoves!! Thanks for the videos Donnie !! GOD BLESS YOU!!

What a wonderful tribute to all the mothers - on Earth and in our Hearts!

great video Donnie! Happy Mothers Day to all our mothers

Donnie, Thank you for dedicating this video to our great grandmothers and grandmothers. My great grandmother, Maggie Laws, and my grandmother, Jennie Mae Weaver were born and grew up in WV. I have never visited WV or received much information from my now deceased grandmother (who migrated to Maine). Watching your videos gives me a glimpse into their lives and I'm very grateful to you for allowing me to gain insight into how they lived. You are so right--it was a hard life, but it had many rewards. I've enjoyed all of your videos that I have viewed!

Man what memories this brought back my grandmother's where some of the toughest people l have ever known

GOD Bless ALL of the Mama's. From Mama "Eve" ~ until right now. I love you Mama !

God Bless Them All May They Finally Rest In Peace But We Know That Passing On Won't Slow Them Down Thanks Donnie Blessings To Y'all and Please Be Safe ✌️

Truth well said... Think about them all the time. Still break out the old 20 gallon cast iron wash pot.. ❤

Really nice Donnie! An excellent video!! They worked hard to make sure the family was taken care of. Its easy to say that when you think of modern families with 2 or 3 kids, or even 6 like with me and my brothers and sisters. But from my fathers line all the way back to 1760 my grandmothers had between 11 - 19 kids, my Dad was 1 of 13 siblings. I cant even imagine trying to feed that many kids, but they did! I sure miss that feeling of walking in the kitchen and being greeted by the best food and biggest heart there was.

Hey Mr Laws. Thanks for your story..I miss my Ma. I Thank Her every day. I will always Love my Ma. God Bless You Brother 🙏