Thank you for sharing this story. God bless you and your whole family..🙏🙏🙏
@petehayduk80512 сағат бұрын
That was great JD! Loved it!
@myerstalesofappalachia3 сағат бұрын
Thank God for his blessings and family to get us through the toughest of times. Yall do some mighty fine work
@gregm68013 сағат бұрын
Awesome channel Sarah thank you 😊
@chrisbgifford73874 сағат бұрын
That is a beautiful story.
@KathysTube4 сағат бұрын
I love when a happy ending to such a heartbreaking story is so wonderful it makes me cry...thank you both 🤗❤️
@sharleanebailey27954 сағат бұрын
Beautiful! I loved this story.
@theappalachiachannel4 сағат бұрын
Thank you 😊
@BacktheBlue604 сағат бұрын
I'm not cryin, you're cryin!
@theappalachiachannel4 сағат бұрын
😢
@Lisa-cj6vx4 сағат бұрын
I enjoyed this story! Thanks for sharing!
@tennesse_courier4 сағат бұрын
Wonderful story !
@theappalachiachannel4 сағат бұрын
Thank you 😊
@user-mu4xn3vd3w4 сағат бұрын
Well I hope my story will end like theirs. I'm abducted, brought to the US with my identical twin sister. Haven't seen her since 1970. Now homeless, truck vandalized. I'm sitting on side of road, dying. Trying to remember my Ma and Papa and my sister. Times don't really change, do they.
@brentclayton68944 сағат бұрын
Love this channel!
@Jean-us6ow4 сағат бұрын
Excellent Content 👍 Thank You 😊
@marionbowler54405 сағат бұрын
You are the bestest ❤👏🍁
@sandrasmith70915 сағат бұрын
Yay I'm glad for them. Good story😊
@PamelaBarton-tn7nw5 сағат бұрын
Hey jd bobby from Lafayette TN here , i kept waiting for something stating Based on a true story but instead it said written by JD Phillips , i didn't know a person could write a story so heartfelt. Thanks for sharing.
@theappalachiachannel5 сағат бұрын
This was my father’s true story
@PamelaBarton-tn7nw5 сағат бұрын
Man ol man, I sure hope my wife doesn't watch this video, LMAO!! Thanks for sharing JD, i love all your videos. By the way ,im Bobby from Lafayette TN. Keep those videos coming. !!
@jm007276 сағат бұрын
Awesome story...sniffle, sniffle.
@theappalachiachannel5 сағат бұрын
❤️
@commoveo16 сағат бұрын
Thank You Dearly for sharing ✨🕊️🐦💖✨
@theappalachiachannel5 сағат бұрын
Thank you 😊
@emilykicielinski55216 сағат бұрын
You've done it again, JD. What a beautiful story. And Sarah too!
@theappalachiachannel5 сағат бұрын
Thank you ❤️
@johnpeddicord49326 сағат бұрын
Heart warming story, JD, Sarah
@theappalachiachannel5 сағат бұрын
Thank you 😊
@davidweathers9386 сағат бұрын
❤ thankyou for sharing such a personal story you didn't have to,but I'm glad you did.
@theappalachiachannel5 сағат бұрын
❤️
@bryanestes85586 сағат бұрын
Such a tear jerker. Thanks for the story, thanks for the reminder and the love
@arvettadelashmit93376 сағат бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful story. There are a lot of true facts in this story. It made me feel so good that he found his sister. Hopefully things got better for him. Most children don't know they can report their abuser to their teacher, school principal or other school staff members. Usually the abuser puts the blame on the child.
@gingw733321 минут бұрын
I was raised by an abusive mother. When she nearly ended my younger brother's life one evening, I reported her to my high school counselor. Things only got a little better for a short time, then it was business as usual with her. When I graduated I married just to get away from her. It didn't work out because he was just as emotionally abusive she was but not physically. My brother became a transient alcoholic. This has been the story of my life until I finally gave up on a peaceful life and have virtually withdrawn from the world in my senior years to achieve it. I didn't have family to show me any love. Just those who wanted to use me. I'm just plain tired of trying to please everyone but myself. Folks just don't understand the lasting mental harm childhood abuse leaves.
@bayview59436 сағат бұрын
My friend, that was beautiful. Thank you. I got about as misty as that morning at the end.
@charleswalker38366 сағат бұрын
I recon we’ve all had demons to deal with, like Hirem, I dove into a bottle for years, and like Hirem, it was a woman that reached down and pulled me out. That was my wife, and come August 27, we’ve been married 48 years. Not a day goes by I don’t thank God for her.
@silvertip8k2786 сағат бұрын
Awesome story...the world needs things like this nowadays real bad.
@tammypetruzzi91916 сағат бұрын
Sad and beautiful at the same time. Thank you ❤
@theappalachiachannel6 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much Tammy. Have a wonderful Wednesday evening.
@tammypetruzzi91916 сағат бұрын
@@theappalachiachannel You have a wonderful evening also!
@janblackman62047 сағат бұрын
Normally I hate intro music but I love your music
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
that makes my heart happy
@neeceeboo7777 сағат бұрын
As usual, another awesome, heartwarming story. Thanks for sharing this JD.
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Thank You Jaguar!
@user-yy1fd2sh8r7 сағат бұрын
Reading these stories wouldn't be the same as listening to you telling them. I enjoy listening to your voice as you tell them. You have a great gift and wish you the best.
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much, this story isn't available in print, and you heard it raw as told from my dad's soul as he told it to the world for the first time. It's a true story about his father's life. ~Sarah
@karena26856 сағат бұрын
@@theappalachiachannelwow how precious!
@Nonniemaye7 сағат бұрын
Thank you, Sarah and JD ,for sharing this heartwarming story. I'm glad it had such an awesome ending. God bless.
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Thank you Nonnie ❤️
@janicethompson75827 сағат бұрын
Love Love Love this story!!❤❤
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
This is a true story from my father's life.
@sharonfreemanpace10117 сағат бұрын
OH JD I think this one is the best one you have written yet!! It truly touched my heart!!❤
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
It took a lot of courage for me to tell this story, I've held it in my heart since I was a child. This is just a tiny window into my father's life.
@randlerichardson58267 сағат бұрын
I knew this story was going to end like this couldn’t been better
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Thank you brother
@mikeautry22717 сағат бұрын
Beautiful...story..
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Thank you! 🙂
@bettyfeliciano73228 сағат бұрын
Oh what an awesome story!! You all tell some of the best stories I’ve ever heard! Thank you so much for sharing! Blessings always! 🙏❤️😊
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much Betty! Blessings to you my friend
@bettyfeliciano73227 сағат бұрын
@@theappalachiachannel Thank you! I’m not feeling well today but your stories always make me feel better! ❤️🙏😊✝️
@reneerollins44338 сағат бұрын
You have told many stories, but I think this one is at the top of my list! Thank you JD!😊
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
I took a chance and shed a tiny peak behind the veil of my father's childhood. Until now, I've never dared to share these stories.
@vickisilcox9368 сағат бұрын
What a wonderful story it makes you think about what people have gone through i loved it
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Thank you Vicki. Very well said
@randlerichardson58268 сағат бұрын
JD howdy
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Hey Randle!
@frostyfrances47008 сағат бұрын
So glad it had a happy ending, JD! I feel for our displaced youth, especially siblings who are separated and never reunited. Not much sadder in the world than that. I also have some familiarity with cruel foster families. My ex's mom was a real piece of work. The first time he took me to visit, the social worker was just then dropping off her new victim. She looked at him and in front of God and everybody asked where he preferred to be hit - on the back or in the stomach! All I ever heard him say was one word: "Neither." Next morning the schoolbus picked him up and took him on to school, but everybody said he never entered the building. Before the bell rang, he was already gone and nobody ever saw him again. I still think about him to this day. Hope he found a home like Hiram.
@theappalachiachannel7 сағат бұрын
Hiram was my father, I've never dared to reveal the curtain from his life in any of the stories I tell. This one was very personal, just a tiny snippet from his life.
@samanthashaw83295 сағат бұрын
@@theappalachiachannelsounds like he was a wounded soul. Old and wise for his years way before most people ever are
@samanthashaw83295 сағат бұрын
@@theappalachiachanneldid he and your aunt rose get together more after they reunited?
@theappalachiachannel8 сағат бұрын
Hey y'all! Sarah Here! Support this channel by LIKING, COMMENTING and SUBSCRIBING or by clicking the THANKS button. Y'all are the best!
@brianpulstsr86809 сағат бұрын
What a great story JD!
@theappalachiachannel9 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much Brian, this is a true story from my fathers youth
@michaelstusiak590210 сағат бұрын
What a thoroughly wonderful story. Thank you so much. Also, couldn't help but think about Greenwood, the delta blues and Robert Johnson.
@theappalachiachannel10 сағат бұрын
Michael, you are an educated man of the world. Most folks have no idea of that connection
@michaelstusiak59029 сағат бұрын
I taught Jazz and Popular Music at the local college for almost 20 years. Robert Johnson and the Delta Blues were definitely covered.😂
@bencapobianco204511 сағат бұрын
Awesome story!! Dogs are way better friends than most humans. And they love unconditionally with every ounce of their being! GOD bless you and great storytelling!!!!!
@theappalachiachannel10 сағат бұрын
Thank you ❤️
@rubypayton453912 сағат бұрын
This story sends chills down my back. So very sad.
@theappalachiachannel11 сағат бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting Ruby.
@michaeldunwoody362916 сағат бұрын
I hope we canbeginto take America back from those who hate our values and culture.
@theappalachiachannel11 сағат бұрын
Amen Michael
@michaeldunwoody362911 сағат бұрын
@@theappalachiachannel 👍
@michaeldunwoody362911 сағат бұрын
FYI, we should talk sometime. I've been living in the AM for a little over a decade since I left government service. I write books (How to Survive Like a Spy and a few others (published under Jason Hanson's name) and articles about my operations in military, NSA, CIA, and DIA. We come at our perspectives from different angles, but I think you and I see our country (and perhaps the world) through parallel lenses.
@michaeldunwoody362916 сағат бұрын
Just found this channel - loving it!!❤TY
@theappalachiachannel16 сағат бұрын
Thank you! Welcome to the channel. Adding new videos all the time!
@sharonrose122622 сағат бұрын
This is heartbreaking. Those people were used and abused by the greedy coal mine owners. They were treated more like slaves than humans. I hate the people responsible for creating the realities that made those poor people indentured servants with no way out! They were pure evil! Thank you JD for your great storytelling.
@theappalachiachannel17 сағат бұрын
Thank you Sharon, always look forward to your comments
@Bella1neverknows670Күн бұрын
Tragic story... makes you very thankful for what you have.. Though sometimes we forget just how lucky we are sometimes I try to put myself and their shoes I have to admit I don't think I could have made it back then but I guess when you have no choice but to be strong you have to be.. JD wishing you and your family all the best
@theappalachiachannel17 сағат бұрын
Thank you Bella, it certainly does make you thankful.