I LOVE that! My grandfather planted pecan trees all over my parents property where their house is. They all are gone, but the next two generations have loved those great pecans. The house now sits empty. It is a gorgeous property was giant majestic live oaks . Where it is located in Houston, the village municipality will not allow anyone to build a mcmansion on it due to the trees. They are protecting them. So it has sold 5 times for over a million each time. it is so sad to see it empty. But I love that they are protecting our old trees that we and 30 area kids would play tree chase in as kids.
I live in the house I grew up in. If you've ever heard the Miranda Lambert song The House that Built Me, that's this house for me. My Daddy died here. My Mom just passed away last year. I'm way too young to have already lost both of my parents, but it's something I can't change, unfortunately. However, I feel closer to them by living in this house. We don't have much money and we are trying to remodel it very slowly, but eventually, we'll get there. Either way, it's home.
Bless you sister ♡ I still think to call and text my mom every day on my break. The first thought in my mind at break is, "I need to call mom". One day I bought her something at the store she needed and made it all the way to the register before I remembered she had passed.
Your grandmother would be so proud of you and the woman and lover of beautiful words you’ve become. Honoring our ancestors is the greatest gift we can give them!
Me either. I hit 50 this year and I seem to cry at a drop of a hat. I am like, do I need to increase my grumpy meds? OK, let's face it I call it the b-word. haha Because off of that med, I am just that!
Saying goodbye is hard, but doing so comforts the soul forever. Memories can hold deep value. Every exit, is also an entrance~ I’m excited to watch the New Roots & Refuge Farm grow, develop into amazingness! ✌🏽❤️🌱
My Dad's line for road trips and making sure everyone had used the restroom was "Big girls try." LOL!! He had 2 daughters so we always had to "try" to use the restroom before we all packed in the car. To this day, I still say to myself "Big girls try" before I head out on a trip.
Omg I loved this video. When we moved back to Tennessee my youngest sister wrote an essay for school. She named it "The House That Cried". Reflecting on the years of piter pater of little feet to our leaving it behind. It was so moving we all bawled.
I came from an extremely dysfunctional home... the reason I am sharing this is that I know I am not alone in this... when you show pictures of sibling, aunts, grandparents, etc... and you share memories that I never came near... it makes my mind wander into the positive space that God has made for me now... though I can't completely understand, I do feel closer to your experience, and feel more peaceful for it! Thank you for sharing!
Your not alone I came from a dysfunctional home as well no family to speak of. When I go to this channel and watch this beautiful lady with a beautiful honest heart. I come away with a good feeling and I believe God feels that void in our hearts 💕
Same here... these are the valuable loving things we did not have. But God turns ALL things for good to those who love him and are the called to His purpose.
So much like the future you have provided for so many with your channel, you may never know the farmer you have inspired with some child of a mother who has watched your channel teaching that ones mother to garden. SO many GARDENS, from you Jess just speaking out and making that first video. Just like that see your Great Grand Daddy Planted so many years ago. It's amazing how much of a footprint and legacy that we can leave behind for the ones that come after us or even such a amazing footprint in the hearts, gardens, and homes. This is an amazing video to have to show your grandchildren so they can see where they came from.
The evocation of emotion that eludes explanation like the whisper of willow and the perfume of rose and wisteria on the breeze at dusk after a sweltering afternoon. Bitter sweet cuts the air and misses the heart and soul of it. Words often fall short, but you seem to find a way. You just keep making us cry!
Felt that deep in my soul…to think that they might sit in the shade of one of those trees and be able to see you talk about it, read your words. That my dear is legacy.
So blessed and honored to have made the trip down memory lane with you. Family is what means the most, I feel closer to knowing you by viewing your grandparents home place. Thanks for sharing with us. So glad you took the oak seedlings. Bless you on your new journey. ❤️
Oh Jess, the thought of your future grand babies sitting in the shade of that sapling held in your hand just warms my heart. Live the kind of life that’s evident in your descendants for generations to come🌻
Just a little note: I prayed blessings over your tree seedlings! I loved this video! I was getting choked up as you shared your memories. I wasn't expecting that! Thanks a lot Jess! ; )
I will join in praying over those trees and new legacy. This brought me to tears and I was choked up because I remember walking through places of my family. Many years ago I walked through my grandparents Farm in Wisconsin and all the memories. One day those trees will be Mighty and strong and the stories they will tell
Oh my gosh Jess you had me bawling at the end! My husband and I bought a 55 acre ranch three hours from our home, hoping to leave a legacy for our grandchildren and great grandchildren to whom we have not met yet either. Everything we’re doing to it is for and towards that very same idea. I bless you!
My grandmother planted an avocado tree for me from a seed from her tree. She planted it herself in my yard almost 10 years ago. She’s been gone for about 5 years now and last year was the first time it gave me fruit. ❤️ What a blessing to have that beautiful memory of my Abuela 👵.
I don’t think I can express how much I adore your videos and the joy that they bring me everyday. I can’t thank you enough for your poetry, love, stories, support, skills and most of all Spirit ❤️🙏
How precious and special is this particular vlog. To have such a deep rooted family is a real blessing, so many don't have that and it fills my heart to hear these stories. Your smile and sheer joy you have sharing this is so genuine!
I can't even imagine that kind of history. You are blessed. My grandfather (dad's father) built his home and it was demolished after my grandparents died and a commercial property is now there. My mom's childhood home was demolished to make room for a freeway. So to have a place that your great-great-grandparents lived is incredible.
I can feel the sentimentality in your face, your voice….the laugh you do to keep from crying (I think that’s a Southern woman thing, though maybe Northerners can correct me?)..and I appreciate you showing your vulnerability to us as you struggle with it yourself. ❤️
You’re right about the southern thing. My family came to Michigan from Kentucky, and they laugh to keep from crying. My family from the north usually gets gruff and holds it in till they’re alone.
I agree I’m a “Yankee” from upstate NY yes I now live in the south as an adult but it’s just the way you’re raised doesn’t matter geographical location :)
It is the character of the person. If one has a heart, then there is emotionality for family and where life began for each of us. Sentimentality is precious. I am a northern born woman with sincere emotionality my whole life. It is NOT regional! It is innermost sensitivity for life and living. Result of family connections and little financial resources. Depending on strength within to survive.
Love this video ❤ I choked up when you picked the seedlings, and spoke of your great- Grandfather, then imagined who may sit in the shade of the seedlings...you're so right...we all plant seeds to shade or be harvested by future generations ❤ Thanks for taking us along ❤
I tossed out maybe hundreds of persimmon seeds last fall, and they are all sprouting in the yard. I just stopped the video and went and dug some up to save and give away to family. God bless!
What a beautiful video!! I went to where a cabin my great grandma , grandma and mom lived in many many years ago down in the Kentucky backwoods. I dug irises from a iris bed that must have been there a hundred years!!! I dug them up and replanted them eveytime I moved threw the years, it just made me feel more connected to my legacy and the women who were my ancestors. It made my soul feel good everytime I saw those beautiful Irises in bloom❤🦋❤
My parents are selling the property where my great grandparents and grandparents lived. I grew up spending so much time there. I have dug up all kinds of plants from the property and planted in my yard. Glad to here I'm not the only one that feels this type of connection to the land and legacy of family. I told my Dad I would love to have a truck load of soil from the fields where they planted so many vegetables over the years. I think it was magic soil as the tomatoes there were big, plentiful and so tasty. My goal.is to eventually grow a tomatoe that yummy. 😍
It's only memories that you can take with you anywhere, no need for boxes or tape, stored inside your mind and felt with your heart. Loving this part of your journey. Thank you Jess.
Your grandmothers bedroom would have been my mothers dream. A devoted bibliophile, she could pick up a book and turn to a chapter and find exactly what she was looking for. I miss her every hour of every day. She has been gone for 16 years.
Having just lost my Mam, i feel your pain, i feel your love for the family home, the legacy, the memories, the wonder of the future. You are a beautiful soul, and i bless you xxx
I never really had grandparents in my life, but your part at the end about taking seedlings and bringing the legacy with you made me cry. You're so mean to us sometimes, Jess!🤣💔😭😍❤
How wonderful that you connect across the generations from your family ancestry and those you never met to the future generations who you will not meet. And all connected by family and oak trees. So special, as are you.
Beautiful sentiments. I'm 46, my oldest child is 16, but I'm going to plant a tree today for my future grandchildren, and if by chance we move, it brings me almost the same amount of joy to think I might plant it for someone else's children or grandchildren. Thank you Jess.
I loved this vlog. I love hearing the history of others people's family. When I meet new people and become friends with them, I ask them a ton of questions about their life and family history. Some people think its weird or invasive but I can't help it! I just love listening to people when they talk about their family history! Just so cool to me lol.
When you was talking at the end it made me think if the lyrics to that song The Blessing......May his favor be upon you and a thousand generations,and your children and their children,and their children....loved it.thank you for your beautiful insight!!🥰🙏🕊
Tell your cousin that his elbow has now been seen by at least 32k people in less than 24 hours, lolol! Legacy, yes, thank you! I bless you and the generations ahead who will sit in the shade of those baby trees!!!
So much happening in your life right now. If your father is currently going through cancer treatments, he is looking amazing! Glad he got his mother's table. You Aunt seems very excited to start the new chapter in her book, just like you.
How wonderful will it be to see, in 10 years time, those Oak saplings growing in South Carolina. In the future your own grandchildren playing beneath one. Onwards and ever upwards 🌳❤
Thank you for helping me in my waiting room!!!! Our move has also been a few years in the making, and we thought we’d be in our new home 6+ months ago, but instead my father in law and my partner tore down most of the house and have renovated it. The wait is excruciating but it will be worth it!!!!! From an apartment in Florida to 3 acres in South Carolina! Thank you for all the knowledge and I hope we can visit your learning center in the future! 🌻🌻🌻
There is a new Roots and Refuge video. I pull up a box of tissues as I sit down. So much if this hits so close to my heart. THANK YOU, for sharing all of it.
The blessings of heritage, and the hope of future generations. Thank you for sharing bits of your going to say goodbye. You are so blessed to have lived bear and Bern close to your family growing up. Many of us didn't have that opportunity. I hope your waxing poetic and sharing this will inspire more people to treasure staying closer to family. Hoping your little seedlings grow big and string.
Jess, Your ancestors will be very proud of you looking down from heaven knowing that you have taken part of their legacy to create your own…..look after those little Oaks!….God Bless you
Thanks for waxing. I grew up in the Air Force and know no property where our roots grew, but his and my mom`s families go back a little. You are so lovely sharing this move with all of us. I pray that your kids can see your heart ❤️.
Oh Jess. This is so lovely. I have a vigorous clump of buttercups, originally from my Grandma’s farm, two states away. She and my mom are gone now, but every spring that brightness springs up, and so many memories with it.
Girl....you made me cry multiple times. I tend to be a tad poetic about things...and you really captured my heart. I hope everyone has a safe and magical move!
As I sat and watched, I was so moved that tears flowed. I was reminded of my childhood home and the memories that we made there. It's unfortunately no longer there, but I still ride by and look at the huge oak that still stands. Precious memories. God bless you.
Thanks for sharing. Grow little oak and God protect this wonderful family in their moves. No matter where they are, how far apart they may be, You will be with them constantly. Amen.
Me too! Brought back memories of my Grand Mother's house in Lebanon, Ky. I so wished I'd had the foresight to try to harvest something from there before it was auctioned to grow like Jess did.
@@DeborahBrown-tj7wx I have a window from the house my grandmother grew up in and some wood from it I eventually want to make shelves with. They had to tear it down about 10 years ago so I’m glad we were able to save a few pieces of it. We now own the property and it’s all just so special to me.
I see a lot of your father in you Jess. I have been told I am a spitting image of my mother. Others say they see my father in me. I find it comforting. I'm glad you are connecting to the old places. It is important.
That’s so touching, to have a possible legacy tree growing at your new property! Wow! I hope you can plant those trees near the new house so your “family tree” can watch your now family grow. That’s super cool!🌱♥️🌳 I love these moments from your channel.
Thanks for sharing, Jess. Funny how just "little things" can mean so much. A suggestion: plant your Pin Oaks in your favorite, have to keep, house plant pot. You'll think about them every time you walk by it. Must Remember our ROOTS dear lady.❤🌱
The part about the oak tree seedlings brought tears to my eyes. You are a wonderful person. I love watching your videos. I’ve been an avid gardener all my life (47 years old). I know a lot about gardening, but you teach me new stuff all the time. Thank you. Also I love your vocabulary.
Ahhhh. Change. So powerful. It’s the future at the expense of the past. But the past is our history. I find change challenging but the most exciting things happen when we embrace change. Wishing your family the best.
Oh, I feel that ache! I’m living in the house my grandfather built. If we ever had to leave, it would be hard to say goodbye to such history! Thank you for sharing your story!
A neighbor across the street died many years ago - I recall when we first moved to this house he described and showed us the massive oak he planted years and years previous on the edge of his property - but - his new neighbors didn't like trees, cut all theirs down, then forced him to allow half to be lopped off because the acorns were damaging their stupid cars. Today - the squirrels bring his acorns from his tree, plant them in my yard (and in my planters LOL) - so there! :) Wonderfully moving post - thank you from Quebec Canada.
Memories are awesome. Now your grandchildren can see and know some more about their grandma's memories of growing up etc etc as far back that you shared. That's awesome
One thing I have no lack of is acorns and little seedlings. I pick the out of the ground every day! They will grow big and strong 💪🏻 and some day in the future you will be cursing all the acorns you twist your ankle on 😂😂 This was such a heartwarming and loving video and you are such a pure soul. Thank you for this
Plant a Legacy!!!!!!! Just beautiful Jesse that you are sharing a human moment, and I feel we need a lot more of these moments, instead of anger, fear, and abuse! May we fill our moments with love, kindness and build family/community! Thank you for the blessings Jesse and Miah, I bless you folks! Much love from Nana Kelli
Dang it Jessica and your waxed poeticness!!! 🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭😭 Look s like a beautiful house! So many memories are hard to let go off. I grew up with my grandma, and we lived with her. My mom sold the house shortly after she died, and I never had the opportunity to truly say “goodbye”. I’m glad you got the chance. It’s important. 💜 I love your dads accent! It’s really lovely!! And he seems awesome! Still praying for him 💜💜💜💜
I'm currently nurturing 3 little maple seedlings from a massive 80+ year old mama maple in my backyard. I plan to plant them on my future homestead. This brought tears to my eyes. Blessings!💚🌳
What a lovely family you come from Jess. It's easy to see where your joy comes from. Best wishes to your Aunt Betty - she's going to love having her grandbabies so close!
A wise man plants trees who’s shade he will never see ❤️
I LOVE that! My grandfather planted pecan trees all over my parents property where their house is. They all are gone, but the next two generations have loved those great pecans. The house now sits empty. It is a gorgeous property was giant majestic live oaks . Where it is located in Houston, the village municipality will not allow anyone to build a mcmansion on it due to the trees. They are protecting them. So it has sold 5 times for over a million each time. it is so sad to see it empty. But I love that they are protecting our old trees that we and 30 area kids would play tree chase in as kids.
I live in the house I grew up in. If you've ever heard the Miranda Lambert song The House that Built Me, that's this house for me. My Daddy died here. My Mom just passed away last year. I'm way too young to have already lost both of my parents, but it's something I can't change, unfortunately. However, I feel closer to them by living in this house. We don't have much money and we are trying to remodel it very slowly, but eventually, we'll get there. Either way, it's home.
I lost mine at 17 and 24 - I feel your pain and Im so sorry for it. You are so lucky to have a connection through that home
@@kathleenmclain9856 I'm sorry for your losses, too! It's weird not having living parents. I think of them every day, as I am sure you do with yours.
Bless you sister ♡ I still think to call and text my mom every day on my break. The first thought in my mind at break is, "I need to call mom". One day I bought her something at the store she needed and made it all the way to the register before I remembered she had passed.
I Love that song. It reminds me of the house I was born at.🥲
@@BeautynBrains75 I have forgotten sometimes and think I should call her before I realize. It is ROUGH. I miss her so much! I'm sorry for your loss
Your grandmother would be so proud of you and the woman and lover of beautiful words you’ve become. Honoring our ancestors is the greatest gift we can give them!
I totally agree with this full sentiment. So proud!!!!!!
He just proved your still his little girl "sure you dont need to go".
My mum still says it to me and I'll be 58 on Tuesday,😂lol. 💖
Classic dad line!
2 tear inducing videos in a row is not playing fair. My hormones can't take it this week😂💚
Right?!? Ugh 😩
Right!?😆
Me either. I hit 50 this year and I seem to cry at a drop of a hat. I am like, do I need to increase my grumpy meds? OK, let's face it I call it the b-word. haha Because off of that med, I am just that!
Same.
Saying goodbye is hard, but doing so comforts the soul forever.
Memories can hold deep value.
Every exit, is also an entrance~
I’m excited to watch the New Roots & Refuge Farm grow, develop into amazingness! ✌🏽❤️🌱
My Dad's line for road trips and making sure everyone had used the restroom was "Big girls try." LOL!! He had 2 daughters so we always had to "try" to use the restroom before we all packed in the car. To this day, I still say to myself "Big girls try" before I head out on a trip.
I've taught my granddaughters that a lady never misses the opportunity to use the restroom.
@@rainlyte2003 my grandma said the same thing to us growing up!
Having many daughters we always said “you don’t have to go, you just have to try” 🤣
Oh you brought back 50 year old memories
“Are you sure you don’t need to go?” Hahahaha! What an absolute dad. 😂❤️
I loved that!! ❤
And here i thought that my mom was the only parent who could still ask that annoying question to her kid in the most inappropriate times?
Omg I loved this video. When we moved back to Tennessee my youngest sister wrote an essay for school. She named it "The House That Cried". Reflecting on the years of piter pater of little feet to our leaving it behind. It was so moving we all bawled.
That's an awesome title!!!!
I came from an extremely dysfunctional home... the reason I am sharing this is that I know I am not alone in this... when you show pictures of sibling, aunts, grandparents, etc... and you share memories that I never came near... it makes my mind wander into the positive space that God has made for me now... though I can't completely understand, I do feel closer to your experience, and feel more peaceful for it! Thank you for sharing!
What a testimony of healing...hugs.
Your not alone I came from a dysfunctional home as well no family to speak of. When I go to this channel and watch this beautiful lady with a beautiful honest heart. I come away with a good feeling and I believe God feels that void in our hearts 💕
Same here... these are the valuable loving things we did not have. But God turns ALL things for good to those who love him and are the called to His purpose.
Omgosh, I thought my mom was the only one who still asks me do I need to go to the bathroom. I'm 46 and a grandmother. Parents never change.
So much like the future you have provided for so many with your channel, you may never know the farmer you have inspired with some child of a mother who has watched your channel teaching that ones mother to garden. SO many GARDENS, from you Jess just speaking out and making that first video. Just like that see your Great Grand Daddy Planted so many years ago. It's amazing how much of a footprint and legacy that we can leave behind for the ones that come after us or even such a amazing footprint in the hearts, gardens, and homes. This is an amazing video to have to show your grandchildren so they can see where they came from.
The evocation of emotion that eludes explanation like the whisper of willow and the perfume of rose and wisteria on the breeze at dusk after a sweltering afternoon. Bitter sweet cuts the air and misses the heart and soul of it. Words often fall short, but you seem to find a way. You just keep making us cry!
Beautiful❤️
I hope you know what a special person you are
Felt that deep in my soul…to think that they might sit in the shade of one of those trees and be able to see you talk about it, read your words. That my dear is legacy.
Awww Jess, I really hope they root for you. It’d be kinda cool to be continuing the family line of your granddaddy’s trees.
💜When you said your “grand daddy started tomato seeds in here”…. Instantly started crying.
Omg! Same!!
So blessed and honored to have made the trip down memory lane with you. Family is what means the most, I feel closer to knowing you by viewing your grandparents home place. Thanks for sharing with us. So glad you took the oak seedlings. Bless you on your new journey. ❤️
Oh Jess, the thought of your future grand babies sitting in the shade of that sapling held in your hand just warms my heart. Live the kind of life that’s evident in your descendants for generations to come🌻
Just a little note: I prayed blessings over your tree seedlings!
I loved this video! I was getting choked up as you shared your memories. I wasn't expecting that! Thanks a lot Jess! ; )
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I will join in praying over those trees and new legacy. This brought me to tears and I was choked up because I remember walking through places of my family. Many years ago I walked through my grandparents Farm in Wisconsin and all the memories. One day those trees will be Mighty and strong and the stories they will tell
@@grandmasewhappyhomestead187 AMEN!
Oh my gosh Jess you had me bawling at the end!
My husband and I bought a 55 acre ranch three hours from our home, hoping to leave a legacy for our grandchildren and great grandchildren to whom we have not met yet either. Everything we’re doing to it is for and towards that very same idea.
I bless you!
You make these videos for you but we still enjoy them
My grandmother planted an avocado tree for me from a seed from her tree. She planted it herself in my yard almost 10 years ago. She’s been gone for about 5 years now and last year was the first time it gave me fruit. ❤️ What a blessing to have that beautiful memory of my Abuela 👵.
I don’t think I can express how much I adore your videos and the joy that they bring me everyday. I can’t thank you enough for your poetry, love, stories, support, skills and most of all Spirit ❤️🙏
How precious and special is this particular vlog. To have such a deep rooted family is a real blessing, so many don't have that and it fills my heart to hear these stories. Your smile and sheer joy you have sharing this is so genuine!
I can't even imagine that kind of history. You are blessed. My grandfather (dad's father) built his home and it was demolished after my grandparents died and a commercial property is now there. My mom's childhood home was demolished to make room for a freeway. So to have a place that your great-great-grandparents lived is incredible.
I can feel the sentimentality in your face, your voice….the laugh you do to keep from crying (I think that’s a Southern woman thing, though maybe Northerners can correct me?)..and I appreciate you showing your vulnerability to us as you struggle with it yourself. ❤️
You’re right about the southern thing. My family came to Michigan from Kentucky, and they laugh to keep from crying. My family from the north usually gets gruff and holds it in till they’re alone.
I think it’s an incredibly human thing. Finding humor to cope. I’m a northerner and we do it. I think that’s something most of us share 🥰
I agree I’m a “Yankee” from upstate NY yes I now live in the south as an adult but it’s just the way you’re raised doesn’t matter geographical location :)
Thank you, Yankees, for clarifying. 😜Just didn’t know if it was a woman thing or a Southern woman thing. Appreciate y’all. Keep on trucking :-)
It is the character of the person. If one has a heart, then there is emotionality for family and where life began for each of us. Sentimentality is precious. I am a northern born woman with sincere emotionality my whole life. It is NOT regional! It is innermost sensitivity for life and living. Result of family connections and little financial resources. Depending on strength within to survive.
Love this video ❤ I choked up when you picked the seedlings, and spoke of your great- Grandfather, then imagined who may sit in the shade of the seedlings...you're so right...we all plant seeds to shade or be harvested by future generations ❤ Thanks for taking us along ❤
I tossed out maybe hundreds of persimmon seeds last fall, and they are all sprouting in the yard. I just stopped the video and went and dug some up to save and give away to family. God bless!
I met one of my great Grandfathers in the past. He lived in his own world.
What a beautiful video!! I went to where a cabin my great grandma , grandma and mom lived in many many years ago down in the Kentucky backwoods. I dug irises from a iris bed that must have been there a hundred years!!! I dug them up and replanted them eveytime I moved threw the years, it just made me feel more connected to my legacy and the women who were my ancestors. It made my soul feel good everytime I saw those beautiful Irises in bloom❤🦋❤
My parents are selling the property where my great grandparents and grandparents lived. I grew up spending so much time there. I have dug up all kinds of plants from the property and planted in my yard. Glad to here I'm not the only one that feels this type of connection to the land and legacy of family. I told my Dad I would love to have a truck load of soil from the fields where they planted so many vegetables over the years. I think it was magic soil as the tomatoes there were big, plentiful and so tasty. My goal.is to eventually grow a tomatoe that yummy. 😍
Beautiful dream of your future grandchildren sitting under a tree that is the off spring of a tree your great grandfather planted! So special
I got to clean out the family home before it sold. It was very cathartic for me and treasure that time. I know what you're feeling.
It's only memories that you can take with you anywhere, no need for boxes or tape, stored inside your mind and felt with your heart. Loving this part of your journey. Thank you Jess.
Your grandmothers bedroom would have been my mothers dream.
A devoted bibliophile, she could pick up a book and turn to a chapter and find exactly what she was looking for.
I miss her every hour of every day. She has been gone for 16 years.
"Sometimes you just gotta feel it." Your daddy and all of your family are so sweet.
A trip down memory lane. . . Always bittersweet. Thanks for sharing.
Having just lost my Mam, i feel your pain, i feel your love for the family home, the legacy, the memories, the wonder of the future. You are a beautiful soul, and i bless you xxx
I never really had grandparents in my life, but your part at the end about taking seedlings and bringing the legacy with you made me cry. You're so mean to us sometimes, Jess!🤣💔😭😍❤
Absolutely beautiful. Your past has created who you are today. Your soul is as rich as your history. 🌳 💞
Oh Jess, taking those little trees is such a precious idea. I pray that those little trees grow tall and strong. As strong as your marriage.
"In the way things do, they're changing" I love it.
Those Oaks 🌱will be just fine. Your Great Granddaddy will be honored to meet you.♥️ You're making me cry again, today.🤗
the blessing of this vlog is that your children and generations to come will always be able to meet you and know who you are
So grateful for the time you get to spend with him. You look full of joy such good medicine for the soul.
Nothing like family. So very important to most people. The Oaks will be such a great legacy.
Thank you for sharing your dad and your story with us. I know you cherish him and all your memories. We love you and your sentimental soul.
This video spoke to me on so many levels that I don't even know where to begin. Instead I'll just thank you for sharing it.
How wonderful that you connect across the generations from your family ancestry and those you never met to the future generations who you will not meet. And all connected by family and oak trees. So special, as are you.
That video will become a treasure to your children some day. Great work!
Beautiful sentiments. I'm 46, my oldest child is 16, but I'm going to plant a tree today for my future grandchildren, and if by chance we move, it brings me almost the same amount of joy to think I might plant it for someone else's children or grandchildren. Thank you Jess.
I loved this vlog. I love hearing the history of others people's family. When I meet new people and become friends with them, I ask them a ton of questions about their life and family history. Some people think its weird or invasive but I can't help it! I just love listening to people when they talk about their family history! Just so cool to me lol.
😃 THATS not weird at all I do the same thing!!!!!
When you was talking at the end it made me think if the lyrics to that song The Blessing......May his favor be upon you and a thousand generations,and your children and their children,and their children....loved it.thank you for your beautiful insight!!🥰🙏🕊
That’s my favorite song!
Aww I love it too!!💕
Tell your cousin that his elbow has now been seen by at least 32k people in less than 24 hours, lolol!
Legacy, yes, thank you!
I bless you and the generations ahead who will sit in the shade of those baby trees!!!
So much happening in your life right now. If your father is currently going through cancer treatments, he is looking amazing! Glad he got his mother's table. You Aunt seems very excited to start the new chapter in her book, just like you.
How wonderful will it be to see, in 10 years time, those Oak saplings growing in South Carolina. In the future your own grandchildren playing beneath one. Onwards and ever upwards 🌳❤
Thank you for helping me in my waiting room!!!! Our move has also been a few years in the making, and we thought we’d be in our new home 6+ months ago, but instead my father in law and my partner tore down most of the house and have renovated it. The wait is excruciating but it will be worth it!!!!! From an apartment in Florida to 3 acres in South Carolina! Thank you for all the knowledge and I hope we can visit your learning center in the future! 🌻🌻🌻
PS: LUMBER COSTS ARE TRULY NO JOKE 🤢 (grateful we have been blessed whenever we thought we had to give up! God is good.)
You’re great grand daddy is so proud of you as he watches over you. 🙏🏻
I sang Silent Night to my daughter, too because I knew those lyrics more than any lullaby. Precious moments. Love you, Jess.
There is a new Roots and Refuge video. I pull up a box of tissues as I sit down. So much if this hits so close to my heart. THANK YOU, for sharing all of it.
The blessings of heritage, and the hope of future generations. Thank you for sharing bits of your going to say goodbye. You are so blessed to have lived bear and Bern close to your family growing up. Many of us didn't have that opportunity. I hope your waxing poetic and sharing this will inspire more people to treasure staying closer to family. Hoping your little seedlings grow big and string.
Your Grandmothers house is beautiful. Your Grandmother sounds like she was a wonderful lady.
Jess, Your ancestors will be very proud of you looking down from heaven knowing that you have taken part of their legacy to create your own…..look after those little Oaks!….God Bless you
Had me crying. How fortunate you are to have that family line that lived well
You're so precious! Watching to feel and remember your childhood was delightful. Thank you for taking me on your journey.
Such a sweet message from your heart. You do well to honor your past. You are a legacy for sure. ❤️😊
I think most of us who know and love you enjoy these types of videos. We feel like we are your friends tagging along. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for waxing. I grew up in the Air Force and know no property where our roots grew, but his and my mom`s families go back a little. You are so lovely sharing this move with all of us. I pray that your kids can see your heart ❤️.
Oh Jess. This is so lovely. I have a vigorous clump of buttercups, originally from my Grandma’s farm, two states away. She and my mom are gone now, but every spring that brightness springs up, and so many memories with it.
Girl....you made me cry multiple times. I tend to be a tad poetic about things...and you really captured my heart. I hope everyone has a safe and magical move!
As I sat and watched, I was so moved that tears flowed. I was reminded of my childhood home and the memories that we made there. It's unfortunately no longer there, but I still ride by and look at the huge oak that still stands. Precious memories. God bless you.
"In the way things do... they're changing." Love it! Would make a great sticker or T shirt.
Thanks for sharing. Grow little oak and God protect this wonderful family in their moves. No matter where they are, how far apart they may be, You will be with them constantly. Amen.
Made me cry!
Man 2 days in a row you have me crying 😭 😭😭 old houses and their history get me every time.
Me too! Brought back memories of my Grand Mother's house in Lebanon, Ky. I so wished I'd had the foresight to try to harvest something from there before it was auctioned to grow like Jess did.
@@DeborahBrown-tj7wx I have a window from the house my grandmother grew up in and some wood from it I eventually want to make shelves with. They had to tear it down about 10 years ago so I’m glad we were able to save a few pieces of it. We now own the property and it’s all just so special to me.
I see a lot of your father in you Jess. I have been told I am a spitting image of my mother. Others say they see my father in me. I find it comforting. I'm glad you are connecting to the old places. It is important.
So many things changing in your life in a short amount of time, it must be overwhelming. I bless you dear Jess. ❤️
That’s so touching, to have a possible legacy tree growing at your new property! Wow! I hope you can plant those trees near the new house so your “family tree” can watch your now family grow. That’s super cool!🌱♥️🌳 I love these moments from your channel.
Thank you Jess for sharing such a special video. To have such a family heritage is such a blessing! God’s riches blessings on you and your family. ❤️🙏
Thank you for taking us with you on this trip and sharing your reflections. It’s a comfort.
Thanks for sharing, Jess. Funny how just "little things" can mean so much. A suggestion: plant your Pin Oaks in your favorite, have to keep, house plant pot. You'll think about them every time you walk by it. Must Remember our ROOTS dear lady.❤🌱
May the winds in the oak leaves whisper with the words of your roots.
The part about the oak tree seedlings brought tears to my eyes. You are a wonderful person. I love watching your videos. I’ve been an avid gardener all my life (47 years old). I know a lot about gardening, but you teach me new stuff all the time. Thank you. Also I love your vocabulary.
Ahhhh. Change. So powerful. It’s the future at the expense of the past. But the past is our history. I find change challenging but the most exciting things happen when we embrace change. Wishing your family the best.
Oh, I feel that ache! I’m living in the house my grandfather built. If we ever had to leave, it would be hard to say goodbye to such history!
Thank you for sharing your story!
A neighbor across the street died many years ago - I recall when we first moved to this house he described and showed us the massive oak he planted years and years previous on the edge of his property - but - his new neighbors didn't like trees, cut all theirs down, then forced him to allow half to be lopped off because the acorns were damaging their stupid cars. Today - the squirrels bring his acorns from his tree, plant them in my yard (and in my planters LOL) - so there! :) Wonderfully moving post - thank you from Quebec Canada.
Jess's videos are always good. Doesn't matter the subject I can always relate to her feelings!
❤ Beautiful to capture these memories for you and your kiddos. They'll definitely appreciate the story of their family. ❤
Memories are awesome. Now your grandchildren can see and know some more about their grandma's memories of growing up etc etc as far back that you shared. That's awesome
Ok, you have me ugly crying right now. 😢
So exciting, so bittersweet, so many emotions you must be feeling right now. 💕
The idea of taking seedlings and taking them with you is a great tdea!
One thing I have no lack of is acorns and little seedlings. I pick the out of the ground every day! They will grow big and strong 💪🏻 and some day in the future you will be cursing all the acorns you twist your ankle on 😂😂
This was such a heartwarming and loving video and you are such a pure soul. Thank you for this
Plant a Legacy!!!!!!! Just beautiful Jesse that you are sharing a human moment, and I feel we need a lot more of these moments, instead of anger, fear, and abuse! May we fill our moments with love, kindness and build family/community! Thank you for the blessings Jesse and Miah, I bless you folks! Much love from Nana Kelli
Precious. The look on your face when you were in the sunroom was priceless. I saw the little girl in you at that moment.
Been awhile since I’ve watched. Almost half a million subscribers. Wow. You’re adorable & deserve the best. Ty for sharing your life and your soul 😇
Jess, you made me cry❤ Love your outlook on life and thank you for being real and for sharing ❤
Dang it Jessica and your waxed poeticness!!! 🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭😭 Look s like a beautiful house! So many memories are hard to let go off. I grew up with my grandma, and we lived with her. My mom sold the house shortly after she died, and I never had the opportunity to truly say “goodbye”. I’m glad you got the chance. It’s important. 💜 I love your dads accent! It’s really lovely!! And he seems awesome! Still praying for him 💜💜💜💜
I'm currently nurturing 3 little maple seedlings from a massive 80+ year old mama maple in my backyard. I plan to plant them on my future homestead. This brought tears to my eyes. Blessings!💚🌳
I sold my house to a wonderful couple. It makes me feel good knowing that they loved my house as much as I did.
Dad looks wonderful. Prayers for good health.
What a lovely family you come from Jess. It's easy to see where your joy comes from. Best wishes to your Aunt Betty - she's going to love having her grandbabies so close!