Dear Sir, Is this precious lady still alive? It's remarkable how much she recalls from the depression. I just got done watching that video and about to watch this.
I'm glad that someone else does too. 🙂👍 Life is too short even at 105. Two years later, it's still possible. Perhaps the interviewer who has this channel and contact info would kindly make a call and find out how she's doing. Besides, I think it would bring joy to her heart to read, or have someone read all of these responses from time to time. We all need encouragement like that and especially the elderly shut ins who are separated from people in society. Here's something that we all need. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SApM-HaFo60.html
@@preacherman9018 thank you sir. I am a Disciple of Jesus and strive every day to bring Him honor. I am a retired nurse and I love the elderly too. My grandma lived to be 104. She is my example of a Proverbs 31 woman. My granddad on the other side was a "Preacher Man" too. In their retirement they were missionaries to Haiti. They are the ones who prayed me into the Kingdom because my parents weren't interested. Jesus bless you sir. Have a blessed night. I can't wait to meet you in the Kingdom of God, brother.
@@melindabrock2275 "She loved to 103". If that was a typo, please don't change it. It's wonderful, and it moved me to tears 😭 May we _all_ love until we pass away. ❤ God bless you, Melinda.
My dear friend will be 105 this month! She talks about the depression, the dust bowl, the Spanish Flu and all sorts of amazing details of when she was growing up. I love to listen to her. She is totally shocked and angry about what America is becoming, and how quickly it's happening.
What a blessing and a real treasure. I unexpectedly burst into tears listening to her stories. I was born in the wrong time period. She makes me miss my Great Aunt, born in 1904....I wish I had asked her more about life when she was young before she passed
Sears and Roebucks Catalog! My grandmother is now 99 and shared that same story! Everybody wiped their tails with the catalog pages. Our elders are our most valuable points of reference, and need to be revered as such. Lord knows we’ll need their wisdom in the coming years more than ever.
My papaw was born in 1907 and when I was born in 1976, he was already "up there". He lived to be 93 and passed Sept 11th the year before the events in NYC. Watching this, I cried with a smile on my face. The cadence of her speech and the words Granny uses are reminiscent of storytime with Papaw. I miss him so much, but this allows me to touch the past, even if just for a moment. Thank you! What a blessing this was to me!
[ Awww, this is such a treat. It's like listening to my granny, rest her soul. She talked about the Christmas oranges too. She said she hid hers in her dresser drawer one year to save it and it rotted before she could eat it and she was always "disgusted" with herself for wasting it, but she wanted to savor the idea of having it as long as she could before eating it. When I was in college I interviewed my grandma about the flu and she told of the "gut wagon" that would come and gather the dead. She said her dad and herself were the only ones who didn't get sick and they took care of their family and the neighbors. Thank you for sharing and refreshing my memories of my own granny.]
This woman was blessed with a very high level of intelligence, as indicated by her excellent memory and clear communication skills. Also, the fact that her teacher wanted to move her up a grade.
My grandfather was a postal carrier in rural E TX. I never bothered to ask if he ever had to use horse n buggy. Wish I knew more now! Asked more questions... I was just a kid. Didn't know what questions to ask! Too bad I don't have any film like this. Would have been fantastic!!!
Love these stories,because I lived like that in the 1960s! My Dad heated bricks up & put them in our beds! Ice was on the inside window! Breakfast: ripped up homemade bread,can milk with water,with a little sugar on top! I slept on Two chairs pushed together,then moved to sofa . With 11 kids,it was hard. I remember: in school milk: white for a week 11 cents/ 17 cents chocolate. To make $ as a little kid,I would collect soda glass bottles & take to store!! We had a garden & Dad would get us rabbit to eat! Christmas: we all got color g books & crayons. A real sock hung,to get oranges & apples. Mister Softy: I could only get a icey for a Nickel. Butter was white with yellow dye to mix . My Dad quit school at 12 to work in mines, sisters quit school to help with bills. I real never notice it was hard! Made me strong!
She makes me miss my grandma who lived to 104 years and 5 days old. She was born in 1909. ❤ I wish I could ask her more questions. There's just things they wouldn't talk about to a child even though you were curious and asked. The answer was frequently "oh you don't want to hear about that." God rest her soul.
Beautiful grandmother you are blessed to have somebody to tell you these doors I had a grandmother that was born in 1902 and a grandfather born in 1898 and I got a real blessing from them enjoy it and remember it
Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of my great grandmother she was born in 1904. I was blessed to know her it was amazing hearing about her life growing up. Having people like this lady still around is better than gold!!
I'm a 69 year old Canadian. The first place I remember living in was a converted chicken coup behind a small wartime house. We had a coal bin attached to the back of the coup. A toilet which was actually an outhouse outside but tacked on next to the coal bin. Ice blocks were delivered for the icebox. A horsedrawn buggy delivered milk, butter and eggs weekly. A very simple life. That was in the late 50's an hour north of Toronto.❤
It is actually very comforting to me to hear this lady talk about older times. I love real survivor types like this lady. We need more people NOW in this world like her.
How sweet she is she remembers everything of her past childhood times were hard even children had to work in those days we don't realize how good we have it😊 God bless her
I love to listening to you talking about these ,because I grew up in this time,.thank you so much, that was the good day ,with out all the worries of that whatis going on in these this world of today,,thank you God bless you,
Lovely! This is why we have resets, to bring the spoiled and rotten to the surface! Hard times will do that. See what we are really made of !! Bless this woman and the old soul who cares enough to interview them.
She lived close vto our house. We lived on Lost Creek Rd. My parents Bland & Idell Smallman. My Grandpa John Smallman , lived at the top of our hill & you could see all around, all the way to 11E. Beautiful area
I have really enjoyed listening to your granny's stories! She is absolutely remarkable, but sadly I see time changing her from 101 to 105 and that was 3 years ago! Please tell me that in 2023 that she is still with us? I hope so 🙏🙏 God bless her beautiful soul and you for documenting her stories which will live on I guess for eternity? We'll see how longer that is, huh?
I grew up in Jefferson county and Knoxville . It was a great place . She even mentioned New Market Tn . I lived there too. Had one caution light and probably still does today .
Really thats what wrong with our Country now. We've had it way to easy for way to long. People talk about how underprivileged they are wearing $80 jeans, $25 shirts, $150 sneakers, $35000 car, $125k house and a $1200 cell phone.
Wow the baggage car I'd almost forgotten seeing a man my father worked with at the post office throw the mail into a baggage car of a north bound freight going to Chattanooga
How about a dedicated class in schools today to watch these interviews and write essays on life today in comparison and the heart of the matter at hand!
This beatiful young lady's memories are a treasure. Thank you for sharing. But before you go on waxing poetic about the good old days when strong family values ruled and America was busy spawning its greatest generation ever, dont forget about how large populations of people were unduly suffering. If you were born with what was deemed to be less desirable i.e. darker skin, being female, disabled, wrong religion, etc etc etc, those good old says will suddenly become the fodder for unspeakable nightmares. Again, thank you for the beautiful memories. Just dont fall into the trap of thinking that just because something is old makes it better. If you get old enough then your todays will be the good old days as well. Make today a day you can look back on with pride instead of regret.
I was born in 1957 and had been hearing about the Old Days,1870s on up, since I was a little kid. I would even hear stories about people they knew who were born in the 17th century. So, I think I will pass on this one. People like her who were born in 1918 were a dime a dozen up until the year 2000.
