Appalachia’s Storyteller: The Letter
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My father served in WWII and he also had an affair with a French woman. My mother had already given birth to my oldest sister when she received a letter from him telling her he planned to stay in France with this woman. I don’t know exactly what happened but my father did return and they had three more daughters. My father was 19 when he left our small town and stormed the beaches of Normandy on D Day. I often put myself in his shoes and can understand how he sought comfort in love. Things were so different in those days.
wow, I would have never thought someone would have chimed in on this story with a similar one! wow!
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller these were such young men and they were scared, lonely, and homesick.
@@shawnharris6985 I absolutely believe that and understand it too
He fought for the bad guys and he behaved like a bad guy. No wonder there.
What happened to the French woman? Did she and your father have any children together?
Absolutely wonderful story. I'm so glad the baby innocently threw the letter away. He unknowingly gave his mother the gift of having an untarnished memory of his father.
yes ma'am he did
Very well put.
The baby did God's will
He can grow up reflecting that his dad served honorable
Sir, there were angels in that room when the letter burned because they were the ones that directed that child's hand .. ... You preserved the honor of that family and that was the greatest deed you could offer them
Amen. That's what I said. The baby did God's will .
I believe this as well. Young men during war need confirmation of love because they are alone. Most of us need that in and out of military war as well. And when they face death daily who can blame them for a touch from someone who can take them to their loved ones even for a minute. I was a military wife and I never asked. I did not need to know. He came home to me.
I'm not sure who you are, but your voice and stories bring me back home to the mountains...nearly to tears. I woke up in Wilmington, NC and you had a cup of mountain story telling to go with my coffee this morning. Thank you for doing this =)
Thank you Ryan, feel free to check out my other stories too!
Home sick. ❤ Leslie county.
Home is home. We NEVER really leave the homes of our youth.
Amen.
I love it! Sounds like they way my old mamaw stories she use to talk to me about.
I'm in Oak Island and relating to your feelings. Missing my home in the mountains...especially this time of year.
What a perplexing moment for the lingster when he read the letter the women gave him to translate from French to English. Because he felt compassion for the young pregnant woman he decided to deceive her, as fate would have it the little boy saved him from the guilt and shame of being exposed as deceitful and a liar. But more importantly he saved his family from the shame they would have felt from his deceitful father. Providence? Who knows . What would you have done in the lingster place? Great story. Enjoyed.
As I worked on this story, I went back in forth in my mind on how I would have read that letter, but it would have been my luck that I would have wound up at his funeral and the letter came back to haunt me
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller me to. On the other hand they would have never forgiven me for deceiving them,such is the way of mountain people.
Probably the same, why hurt these kind decent folks.
@@sandralauzon9416 lifes decisions can can be difficult, moraly speaking. If I was labeled deceitful and a liar for trying to help them, so be it.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller You are a great storyteller. I was clinging on for dear life,just as they two women were, at your every word. What a beautiful ending to a difficult and sad situation. Thank you ❤
The 'lingist' did the right thing. Mountain folk don't take kindly to betrayals or breaking of vows. If the truth was known, he probably wouldn't have been welcomed back with sorrow and tears from loved ones. Another wonderful story, JD.
Thank you TennValleyGal
I can’t help but wonder about the equally innocent French girl and her child.
Debra, I agree. This is a complex story and no clear 'winners'. Sometimes right and wrong isn't clear cut black and white, but instead shades of grey. This is a story that I hope makes folks ponder
She had a child?
@@Tamara-id1pe no she didn't
Yes!!! My heart was breaking for her!!
Yes , I'll bet the rotten scoundrel never mentioned his wife back home.
The universal soldier.
What a beautiful story and how he saved more heartbreak. I hope the young mother and her sweet little boy found love and happiness in the years that came.
Even though I live in Denmark, these stories makes me long for the proud days of these Appalachian mountain people!
Thanks so much for watching, how’s life in Denmark these days?
Love you
My God I cannot believe I have fallen in love with these stories!!! And JD the narrator is absolutely gifted! What a story I would have done the exact same! Thank you for these
We are so glad you are here, thank you so much for commenting, liking, subscribing and sharing this story for others to find. Have a blessed day my friend!
God measures the content of our heart, and returns goodness for goodness. Thank you for the story.
Thank you!
I hope Héloïse eventually found real love with someone else. Thank you for your wonderful storytelling!
Your the first to show compassion for her, bravo
I made the mistake of putting this on during my work out right now. It’s so captivating I can hardly pay attention anything else. Great Saturday as always!
Thanks Robbie, preciate you!
JD, I was watching this unfold on the screen of my mind as you brought it to life. What an incredible episode of your someday-to-be-produced miniseries this would make!
Thank you so much!
The lingster had been faced with a difficult dilemma and made the compassionate decision. Somehow I feel that though it was an untruth God understood and intervened in allowing the letter to be destroyed. Wonderful story, JD. Thank you!
Thank you Nancy!
Amazing story, as well as a tender example of Gods grace to both the family and the college professor. Another stinking tearjerker JD! ☺️ Thank you so much for these great stories you bring us. Many Blessings my friend. jj
Thank you John!
Another great story JD. I look forward to your next one. Please don't stop what you've been doing, you give this old man a reason to look forward to friday !!!!
Thank you Brother!
You are a gifted storyteller that really hold an audience!
Thank you ❤️
Beautiful story.
Thank you 😊
What a great story! While trying to redirect what the letter said, he also had to repent for lying to the family. I’m sure with his repentance came forgiveness from God. Thanks for sharing! Blessings always! ❤️✝️
Theres a power message in this story
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller Amen!
I walked through the whole story as if I was the professor himself. The end of the i story could have gone in so many directions at the end. I was actually writing the end of the script in my head so it wouldn't go pear-shaped on the professor and the family. Great story. No sins committed here, just old fashion empathy and compassion for a fellow human. ❣️☘️
Thanks so much for the kind words, and yes, you are completely right, it was the type of story that kept you guessing til the end
What a great story
Thank you Sarah
Yes a wonderful way to start my day. The fiddle in the beginning touches my soul. Thank you.
Thank you Melissa!
Well done! This is the spoken word at its finest. I was enthralled from the start. I put aside a rather pressing writing project, leaned back and lost myself in the word picture you have created of a world lost to time. After listening to this story, I can say with certainty I shall be spending a goodish bit of time these next few days perusing your playlists. Nothing helps a man write well than listening to good writing as he sets to his labor I thank you for the inspiring prose.
Thank you so much, I appreciate your kind words my friend
Sometimes the truth is a bitter pill to swallow. The professor spared the family heartache. Who's to say it was right or wrong. I will say many things in that happens in a person's life we are better of not knowing.
100% agreed
Well said. It woulda done no good for John's relatives to know of his betrayal. It's enough to lose him to the war.
What a story! My goodness!
Thank you ❤️
My favorite story so far.
Thank you ma'am!
Thankyou kindly for this story God works in mysterious ways 🙏 ✨️ I was close to tears by the end . Blessings from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
Thank you so much! Greetings from East Tennessee
Awesome story. The soldiers young son saved his father’s reputation and loving memory by accidentally tossing the letter in the fire. There are angels among us for sure.
Hey man, my friend well said
Thank you very much such an incredible story we're from the hills of Tennessee also thank you very much
Thank you!
I absolutely love these stories especially the longer ones like this one. Scared me to death when I thought the other man was going to read the letter.
Thank you John, I’m constantly trying to improve this channel production and longer stories, thank you for your support my friend
One more glorious example of the simplistic beauty of the mountains and the people that call the mountains home. Told by a true admirer of those mountains and the people. History at it's finest. Thank you, and GOD BLESS!
Thank you Claudia!
What a fantastic storyteller....I was totally transported to rural Appalachia
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That was a excellent story.
Thank you 🙏
Great story, JD. It's a great way to start the day.
Thank you Sir!
This is one of my favorite stories you have told
That makes me so happy, thank you! I worked really hard on this story.
Sacre blue....what an ending 😮...many thanks for a mighty fine yarn.....
Thank you my friend, it was indeed a good 'en!
Tugs at your heart strings. True or not story kept my attention to the end.
Thanks ❤️
I love this tale...it doesn't even matter if it's true or not...
thanks for watching
Fantastic story! Loved every minute!
Thank you!
Beautifully done program , Thank you ..
Thank you 🙏
What a story.I really enjoyed your telling of it.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Wonderful! I would guess that some angels wrote in that book that he was a very compassionate man. And I think those same angels nudged that baby toward the fire and might have even directed that letter toward its demise.
But that’s just my guess!!
'angels nudging the baby toward the fire' I like that, I hadn't considered that
Oh how I miss going down in them hills. My dad and his dad's kinfolk had lived in appalachian mountains since the 1600s, and of course our Native ancestors have been there for 1000s of years.
I am the 1st generation of that family line to be born and raised in the north.
During the 1950s my dad and a lot of others in our family moved up here looking for jobs because the poverty had become soo bad down there even though they grew their own food & hunted and farmed out the kids and sent the kids to work at about the age 13.
We have always called Appalachia "the hills" for some reason. After having been out west high in those mountains I can see why.
I spent a lot of time down in the hills in the summer growing up. I cherish those times even though a lot of our relatives did not have indoor water, electricity, and had out houses. It was just the way it was, no big deal.
No telephones in many of the homes either but them hillfolks sure did get the word out that Yankees had come to pay a visit and they'd come bringing a pie or cookies etc. Even homemade moonshine. Those moon shiners are long since gone as are their stills.
Some of them did not have indoor plumbing but daily bathing was very important. Carrying in buckets of water and heating up some of them buckets and bathed was normal. To not bathe was like a sinister sin. We could play in the mud, sand, creek and get all dirty but then bath time came and the kids were washed squeaky clean as were their clothes even though they were older patched up clothes.
We emostly stayed in cheap little motels most of the time though.
A few kids were disappointed in me because they had hoped that my accent would sound like the ones on the radio or TV but due to my dad's influence I pronounce a lot of my words like he did but I mostly sound like a northerner.
My mom's people have been up here in this county for 200 years.
My health has become real bad making traveling difficult and affording a motel impossible but I would love to be in them hills again to see & feel them. To pick the berries and pig out on them. To feel the serenity once again. To feel the strong familiarity that my blood line has with those hills (mountains).
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Such beautiful memories you have, thank you for painting a picture and allowing us to travel back in time to roam those hills with you.
Thank you for your sweet memories of your childhood. I understand what it’s like to leave the land and mountains that you love. It seems it always is buried in our hearts and calling us back to them.
That would be nice if you could go back. Only if it's just for a visit never know.
Thank you for yet another beautiful tale of yonder years 😊 I think the professor was both quick thinking and kind and his actions saved the family from a lifetime of agony
Thank you ❤️
Writen words that are spoken caste a nuance that brings me right there looking at the college professor reading the letter or just to the right of the college professor situated between the ladies and his desk staring into the eyes of youth and weathering furrowed eyebrows. Thanks for the words that paints a picture that is larger than any Hollywood TV screen.
Such a blessful story, bring tears to ya eyes.Beautifully told.
Thank you Lisa!
Your stories remind me of a grandfather telling a story from years past thank you
what a beautiful compliment ❤️
Great story!
Thank you!
loved this story
Thank you!
Another good story, JD
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story
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Great story JD 👏 💗 God is Merciful and knows whats best! 😃👍
Thank you ❤️
In the course of our lives we all make mistakes. Mistakes for numerous reasons but it doesn't mean we are a horrible person. I do not feel the Professor made a mistake but the young man gave way to temptation in a very stressful time. The Professor was a hero in helping this young man save face with his family who might not fully understand. Better to keep his memory a honorable one. What is said can't be unsaid.
Well said
J.D.
Osiyo,
You just get better and better. Encore!
Wado.
Thank you so much Cherokee!
Great Story!!!
Hard facts of life!!! I do also pray that God Forgives as we protect others from the harm done by their loved ones!!!!!
amen
I feel bad for both women the one in France and the woman he left at home. But I'm glad this man saved the image and and good memories of the little boy's dad. He saved the family a lot of shame disappointment hurt and anger. ❤
its definitely a "shades of grey" story with no clear winners or losers, or right or wrong, and makes you think
Sometimes some things are better left unknown.
exactly Anna.. what you don't know, hopefully won't hurt you
I'd think that those angels of God, would have recorded for you the verse that says: "He who gives mercy, recieves mercy." ❤
bless you
Thank you, Appalachian Story teller; and God bless you.
The Appalachian mountains are a fine place to be.
yes indeed
So true. We are from NYC and never looked back after we moved to the SV.
Great story! It came to my mind though, that if a real situation, it could still go bad if the young French girl decided to write another letter, or worse yet, show up.😳
Well said
I enjoy listening to you. You have a very calming voice and a wonderful accent. Big hello from Scotland in the UK xx
Thank you so much! Email me your address I’ll send you an Appalachian Storyteller sticker theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com
Clicked on this video out of curiosity. I was not prepared of what I was going to hear. Really brought me to tears. What a beautiful story. Greetings from Germany 💫
Thank you so much, greetings from East Tennessee USA
Oh wow! Such an interesting story that had me hanging on to my seat! Ha
Glad you enjoyed it Jenn!
A story of the heart.So touching to hear. Thanks JD!
Thanks Suzanne
Thank you that was such a letter
Thank you Robin!
I’ve been waiting for this for weeks! I love the sound of your voice and the story is beautiful! Thank you so much!
Thank you Melody! Im happy you enjoyed this story. More to come!
Great story.
Thank you Cynthia
Now that child's great grandchild is subscribed to the Appalachian Storyteller and learns " the real story"...
ooopps!!
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller - Time has a way of healing things, JD. Who knows but what you were being led the same as the little one.
Anyhow, as they say, every closet has a few skeletons. You don't wanna know who some of MY relatives were!
Now that was a good story,we’re setting here on the couch,wondering how this was gonna play out,both of us holding our breath till the end,thanks for the story
Glad you enjoyed it Mark, I worked hard on this story
This was great
Thank you!
No need to wonder what God thinks of this. the Bible says, love covers a multitude of sins.
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Such a sad story but yet he did save hearts from breaking even more. He did the admire thing.
Yes ma’am, complicated but I think he did the right thing
Wow... what a predicament. I'm glad it worked out for everyone... his heart was in the right place for sure....I think he did the right thing. Great story... thanks JD 😎👍
Thank you Kathy!
Beautifully done.
Thank you so much for your time and sharing your capabilities.
Thank you Lori !
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller oh, but it you who should get the pat on the back, round of applause, at-a-boy, cheers and a yeehaw. : )
I am a city girl who married a mountain man. Not from Appalachia more like blue ridge Virginia. We divorced I have 3 children and the DNA is undeniably. Loved your story telling really drawn me in. Thank you
Thank you my friend
This is better than any O. Henry story I ever read. Thank you for presenting it.
Thank you my friend
Beautiful story.
Sometimes there are things that do not need to be said. This is an example. Every family has these stories, that serve no purpose to repeat. I hang on to these that were told to me by my fathers mother. They serve no use except to cause pain and anger. I shared with my brother, and these stories will die with us, and not be used as a weapon to hurt those living without the knowledge we keep hidden.
exactly
Dan South in Gulf Shores, Ala. has caused so much uncalled for grief and pain in the last few years. And the worst thing about it? He is so proud of the needless destruction he has caused! Please pray for him! His sister.
I've heard this story before.
Ohhh my! What an amazing story ❤ Thank you so much I loved it!!
Thank you April! :)
Wow. That's why they say truth is stranger than fiction. I definitely believe an angel led that toddler to throw the original letter into the fire. Nothing good would've come from the unvarnished truth if it had been read as written. But a terrible load of permanent harm could've crushed the grieving family. Some things are just better unspoken.
well said Frosty, well said
It's a beautiful story and I would have done the same thing.
I think I would have too, but I would have probably ran out of the cabin at the end when the baby got that letter
It’s a good thing that the French woman never wrote them another letter after that.
it really was a good thing!
The Appalachian Storyteller; Thank you so much for having this channel. I have enjoyed each and every story you bring before us.
This story was full of bitter sweet moments. I felt sorry for the loss of the letter but, I believe it was ordained that the grandmother gave it to the baby.
Thanks again.
Stan
Thank you Stan, I appreciate your kind words and encouragement! More stories on the way my friend.
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller Thank you Sir for sharing these great stories with us.
I'm Old School. We grew up with the Radio, no TV for the longest time. I'm thinking maybe 1956 or so. Hard working father had to provide for his wife and six children. Any and all money went for food and bills.
Again, thank you.
Stan
@@harrisonmantooth7363 Thank you sir, if you send me your address, ill send you a free Appalachian Storyteller Sticker for free. Email me at theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com
My first ever listen to the storyteller. Beautifully done Ty going to look for more on your channel now
Thank you my friend
Love listening to you tell these stories from the Great Smoky Mtns, a place from my childhood. I have fond memories from the other side of the Appalachian Mtns near the Eastern Cherokee Indians called Qualla Boundary. The spring water was delicious and ice cold. Thanks for sharing another great story.
Thank you Pinky
Hello sir I absolutely love your channel it is so interesting and intriguing. Great content 👌
Thank you so much Banner!
Before my mother died I found out that the neighbors kids belonged to my father.
I asked her about who the father was to those kids and she didn't know. And I wasn't going to tell her
Very good story. Thank you. Life for many is truly a vale of tears. ❤
Thank you Julia, very wise words my friend
That my friend is a Great story…. True or not doesn’t matter
Thank you Robert
Great story Storyteller GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Thanks Randle
That was extremely well done. Many thanks for an unexpected treat.
Thank you ma’am!
Mister, this is a beautiful story. I am sure that you will not be punished for giving that old mother and the young wife some hopeful news. They could live their lives with fond memories of John Hilton.
Thank you Susan
When you learn a bad or evil truth about a deceased person you love/d,
it doesn't ever sit well...forever.
I just discovered you. I'm from WV so this is a pleasant surprise. Love your stories.
Thank you! Btw- the shot on the thumbnail and the shots of the mountains, I filmed in WV
What a sweet story to start my day.
Thank you !
I guess I don’t really know if what he did by reading that letter in the way that he did was good or bad in the eyes of the Lord, but I sure am glad he read it the way he did.
Well said
Good story. My grandmother always said, "It will all come out in the wash." She was right. Truth is best. Mountain folk are tough. They know about infidelity. And the value of honesty. They deserved that respect. Karma made this man sweat, but Grace saved the family from pain. Good story.
Thank you 🙏
Gm TAS❤
Mornin' Lana ❤
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller Ty😊
Thank You for this information my Great grandfather worked in Yellow Creek in Bell County
The wonderful and fascinating art of real story-telling; what a treat !
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@@TheAppalachianStoryteller Thank you!