YOU ARE ONE VERY BRAVE MAN TO SHARE YOUR STORY WITH THE WORLD. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR STORY. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR BEAUTIFUL CONNECTION WITH THE MAN YOU LOVED SO MUCH, YOUR DEAR UNCLE, GEORGE. I AM SURE GEORGE UNDERSTOOD THE LOVE YOU HAD FOR HIM AND I AM SURE HE FELT THE SAME TOWARDS YOU. AND YES, KEEP WALKING TOWARD JESUS, SO THAT WHEN HE COMES BACK TO SHOW HIMSELF TO THE WORLD, AND IT IS OUR TIME TO BE JUDGED, THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY REGRETS FOR BELIEVING IN A MAN THAT ALSO WAS A VERY GIANT OF A MAN, THE TALLEST OF ANY HUMAN PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE. FOR HE HAD A MOST HUMBLE SPIRIT AND HIS LOVE WAS UNCONDITIONAL AND SOMETHING WE CAN'T FATHOM. BUT YOU ARE HIS CHILD, AS GEORGE WAS/IS. HE WANTS YOU TO BE WITH HIM IN HEAVEN. I AM A CHRISTIAN, BUT SURELY SIN AS WE ALL DO AS HUMANS. YOU HAVE A MOST TENDER HEART, SPIRIT AND SOUL. YOU ARE A RARE GEMSTONE. I AM SURE GEORGE KNEW THIS ABOUT YOU. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE AND HOW YOUR HEART WAS SO HURT BY HIS LEAVING. YOUR STORY IS BITTERSWEET. BUT KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST OUR TEMPORARY HOME AND WE WILL BE FOREVER IN HEAVEN AS BELIEVERS IN A SIMPLE MAN, A HUMBLE MAN, THAT GAVE HIS LIFE, SO WE COULD LIVE FOREVER WITH HIM AND ALL OF HIS CHILDREN THAT WALKED TOWARDS HIM IN PRAISE OF THE ONE THAT GAVE US ALL LIFE. BLESSINGS TO YOU, FOR ALL OF YOUR DAYS. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE MORE PEACEFUL DAYS AND SWEET REFELECTIONS OF GEORGE, YOU BELOVED UNCLE. IT IS OK TO BE SAD. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL HEART OF LOVE.~~BEV~~USA, VIRGINIA
Thanks for that..my brother tony died a couple of years ago and left the same kind of hole your uncle did..we were extremely close and i cherish the thought of seeing him and my dogs again..i didnt experience what you did,but understand it completely..
I loved his smiling face. George had a marvellous voice. I was very, very sad when I discovered he had passed away. Love to listen to him. Sorry for your loss. 😢
Thank you for sharing that with us. As one of your female subscribers, I have to tell you how very much I enjoy and look forward to your vlogs. What you do touches so many people and ibjus want you to know how very much you are appreciated. Thank you
I just “met” George a couple of months ago on TH-cam. It breaks my heart that he is gone. So many truly wonderful people are gone which takes nothing away from any of them! Thank you for your tribute. I am amazed about your journey from atheism to agnosticism.
Crying just a little. I think I can relate to this more than a lot of people, I have a nephew I am VERY close to who's only 7 years my junior who's father is 10 years my senior, so its a familiar dynamic. Though from the other side of the situation. I'm very sorry for your loss, but, he sounded like a wonderful man to have for the years you did :)
Yeah, me too. I keep wiping away tears. I keep thinking of my Grandfather during this video. He was a wonderful yet flawed man. When I was a pallbearer for him I felt like I was honoring him. The last thing I ever did for him was to bear his weight. There was something about that that felt like a final unspoken farewell. I remember sitting on his porch with him, looking up at the woods and spotting deer. You would think sitting on the porch would be a boring experience, but hours would pass with us just talking and I wanted to be no other place in the world. I miss him dearly.
He talked with me like I was his equal, like a man, and I was only 10 or so. He didn't talk down to me, and he was a great listener. I remember telling him when I got caught stealing some baseball cards and that my father had lost his trust in me. He then told me of a time when he was caught stealing money out of his mother's purse and how awful he felt about it afterward. He said sometimes getting caught for something like that early is the best thing that can happen to a person, because he said he never did it again and he always remembered it even into old age.
Hi Mary. This is James the guy that filmed this video. Hope you are well. I have a question. What made you think that I was talking about a famous man named George? I'm not being sarcastic here, this is a sincere question. So many people have assumed I was talking about a famous person named George. But George was just my uncle. A good-old boy from Pennsylvania. A man I loved dearly. I'm just baffled that *so* many people seem to think I'm talking about someone else. Thank you for your time.
@@tetsubo57 Hi James, firstly, thank you for such an emotional video, and I hope people commenting on it 10 years later does not bring you confusion. I found your video myself only today, recommended by TH-cam after listening to a cover by George Donaldson of the traditional song "Parting Glass". He was, as I understand it, the lead singer of a band called Celtic Thunder, who died quite young 10 years ago. I don't know if you know the song, but it is very much a farewell in anticipation of ones own passing. I wonder if it is just the fact your video talks about "George" in the same year as the singers death that connects it to your video, and people draw the conclusion you are referring to the same George they miss. Thank you for this story, by the way, and I'm sorry for your loss which much hurt as much now 20 years later. I lost my own grandad nearly two years ago now, and I can still remember that phone call even though the circumstances were very different. I don't know where you are on your own journey of faith at the moment but my grandad was a big believer, and I'll be thinking of your own uncle George today as I think about my grandad, if that's ok? Godbless Edward
@@edtow46 You could be correct. While I am aware of the performance group, I even think I once met some of them at a con, I've never kept track of them. I still miss my uncle. I'm sure I'll be receiving misattributed comments for years to come.
I just met George, in Celtic show. ENOUGH to love him and say goodby! How painful! He is my youngest daughters age. But I will continue to watch the Celtics show so I could see George 😥😥✌✌💝💝🇨🇦😥
Watching him on the videos to me he came across as everyone best friend . Stood up for those who couldn't for themselves. Helping ppl. Just be there for you.
I experienced a similar supernatural feeling twice, though not in the midst of a storm. Once I was in a little church in Florida after my parents' divorce, and another was when I was locked in an isolation cell in an adolescent ward when I put myself in there for depression. That day in the hospital they had us make a collage of all the things that were bothering us, and it took me 4 hours to complete it. I had filled a huge posterboard up with images and words in a huge chaotic pile, and after looking at it as a whole when I was done the rage just took me over body and soul. I was a violent screaming / weeping mess. When I felt the presence of something other (in my world view the Holy Spirit) it was a turning point for me, and a week later I was released from the hospital. I was in there for about 2 months when I was 16. Thank you for sharing this Tetsubo, that was very moving. My face is soaked from tears.
I'm confused. But, I think all the commenters are more confused than I am. This gentleman isn't talking about Celtic Thunder George Donaldson. Sorry. But George Donaldson died in 2014....NOT 30 YEARS AGO as he states in the video. He's referring his uncle George, not George from Ireland.
Congrats Teresa, you have noticed something I thought was so obvious that I didn't need to mention it. It's weird to think that George has been dead for 40 years now. I'm twenty years older that he was at his death. I still miss him. Happy holidays.
@@tetsubo57 I'm sorry for your loss. But, try to remember it's really not a loss at all. Just because we can't see and touch them with our physical eyes and hands, we can still touch them with our hearts and souls. I have no doubt he still visits you and your souls will meet up again. No, not referring to any kind of religious thing, just a spiritual thing.
My heart is hurting for you 💔 I know the feeling that you went through, as I went through that with my dear loving Husband 😢. I knew where his spirit went but the pain was so deep that I couldn't stop crying. I'm so thankful that I will see him again when I get to Heaven. 😢❤❤ THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PAINFUL STORY .YOU WILL SEE HIM AGAIN IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD.
I don’t know who this man is talking about but it’s not George Donaldson. He was not born in Pennsylvania and he died of a massive heart attack 14 years ago, not 30.
I'm talking about my maternal uncle, my mother's brother. I never tried passing this video off as anything else. But a whole lot of people seem to think I'm talking about a famous person. George would have found this amusing.
Firstly let me say, I miss his voice, and regardless of the bad part I still loved him for his vocals... Now to answer the car question you are right in your guess it was Chevy that made the Vega.
I'm not sure what's going on with this video but most of us thought it was about George Donaldson of Celtic Thunder. George Donaldson died at home in Scotland of a massive heart attack. The man mentioned in this video had lymphoma and I couldn't find any mention of George Donaldson having lymphoma. This gentleman also died 30 years ago and George Donaldson died in 2014.
I never thought it would happen. Someone actually listened to the video. It never occurred to me that anyone would ever think I was discussing anyone other than my Uncle George. I was just reminiscing about a man I loved and still miss. A good old boy from Pennsylvania coal country. Thank you for listening and being civil. You have renewed a bit of faith in people for me.
I knew George for many years and long before he became a global star with Celtic Thunder. I attended his funeral in Glasgow. Such a moving poignant ceremony at his funeral in St Marks Church, Shettleston, where the other members of Celtic Thunder sang during his funeral mass. He did indeed die of a heart attack. RIEP Big Fella.
I’m sorry your Uncle George died and as you said, it was 30 years ago and it was NOT George Donaldson from Celtic Thunder. I’m sorry for your personal loss.
No they do not. I've gotten *many* comments over the past fourteen years that could only have been made if the person had never actually watched my video. Congrats.
YOU ARE ONE VERY BRAVE MAN TO SHARE YOUR STORY WITH THE WORLD. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR STORY. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR BEAUTIFUL CONNECTION WITH THE MAN YOU LOVED SO MUCH, YOUR DEAR UNCLE, GEORGE. I AM SURE GEORGE UNDERSTOOD THE LOVE YOU HAD FOR HIM AND I AM SURE HE FELT THE SAME TOWARDS YOU. AND YES, KEEP WALKING TOWARD JESUS, SO THAT WHEN HE COMES BACK TO SHOW HIMSELF TO THE WORLD, AND IT IS OUR TIME TO BE JUDGED, THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY REGRETS FOR BELIEVING IN A MAN THAT ALSO WAS A VERY GIANT OF A MAN, THE TALLEST OF ANY HUMAN PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE. FOR HE HAD A MOST HUMBLE SPIRIT AND HIS LOVE WAS UNCONDITIONAL AND SOMETHING WE CAN'T FATHOM. BUT YOU ARE HIS CHILD, AS GEORGE WAS/IS. HE WANTS YOU TO BE WITH HIM IN HEAVEN. I AM A CHRISTIAN, BUT SURELY SIN AS WE ALL DO AS HUMANS. YOU HAVE A MOST TENDER HEART, SPIRIT AND SOUL. YOU ARE A RARE GEMSTONE. I AM SURE GEORGE KNEW THIS ABOUT YOU. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE AND HOW YOUR HEART WAS SO HURT BY HIS LEAVING. YOUR STORY IS BITTERSWEET. BUT KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST OUR TEMPORARY HOME AND WE WILL BE FOREVER IN HEAVEN AS BELIEVERS IN A SIMPLE MAN, A HUMBLE MAN, THAT GAVE HIS LIFE, SO WE COULD LIVE FOREVER WITH HIM AND ALL OF HIS CHILDREN THAT WALKED TOWARDS HIM IN PRAISE OF THE ONE THAT GAVE US ALL LIFE. BLESSINGS TO YOU, FOR ALL OF YOUR DAYS. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE MORE PEACEFUL DAYS AND SWEET REFELECTIONS OF GEORGE, YOU BELOVED UNCLE. IT IS OK TO BE SAD. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL HEART OF LOVE.~~BEV~~USA, VIRGINIA
P.S. SORRY THAT MY EMAIL IS MESSED UP AND IS INCORRECT ON THIS POST. BEV~~
Hello. Just have to say that 🍀 Celtic Thunder 🎶 will never be the same without George Donaldson. God Bless Bye from NE Ohio USA 🇺🇸
Thanks for that..my brother tony died a couple of years ago and left the same kind of hole your uncle did..we were extremely close and i cherish the thought of seeing him and my dogs again..i didnt experience what you did,but understand it completely..
Loved George. ❤❤💔Thank you for sharing.
I loved his smiling face. George had a marvellous voice. I was very, very sad when I discovered he had passed away.
Love to listen to him.
Sorry for your loss. 😢
♡
Long live your memory & love.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing that with us. As one of your female subscribers, I have to tell you how very much I enjoy and look forward to your vlogs. What you do touches so many people and ibjus want you to know how very much you are appreciated. Thank you
I just saw the tribute to George and my heart ached. For a moment, I felt I linked withe your heart. He was one of the best. As are you.
Thank you for sharing this moving story.
Rip George
We miss you
I just “met” George a couple of months ago on TH-cam. It breaks my heart that he is gone. So many truly wonderful people are gone which takes nothing away from any of them! Thank you for your tribute. I am amazed about your journey from atheism to agnosticism.
Im sorry for your loss, Tetsubo. A reminder for us all that every day above ground is a good day.
Dearest gentle George, we will love you and think of you forever 😢
R.i.p. George Celtic Thunder isn't the same without you.
This is not about George Donaldson. I'm not sure who this George is but George Donaldson of Celtic Thunder died at home of a massive heart attack.
Crying just a little.
I think I can relate to this more than a lot of people, I have a nephew I am VERY close to who's only 7 years my junior who's father is 10 years my senior, so its a familiar dynamic. Though from the other side of the situation.
I'm very sorry for your loss, but, he sounded like a wonderful man to have for the years you did :)
Yeah, me too. I keep wiping away tears. I keep thinking of my Grandfather during this video. He was a wonderful yet flawed man. When I was a pallbearer for him I felt like I was honoring him. The last thing I ever did for him was to bear his weight. There was something about that that felt like a final unspoken farewell. I remember sitting on his porch with him, looking up at the woods and spotting deer. You would think sitting on the porch would be a boring experience, but hours would pass with us just talking and I wanted to be no other place in the world. I miss him dearly.
Honestly the time I've spent with my favorite people talking one on one are some of my favorite moments.
He talked with me like I was his equal, like a man, and I was only 10 or so. He didn't talk down to me, and he was a great listener. I remember telling him when I got caught stealing some baseball cards and that my father had lost his trust in me. He then told me of a time when he was caught stealing money out of his mother's purse and how awful he felt about it afterward. He said sometimes getting caught for something like that early is the best thing that can happen to a person, because he said he never did it again and he always remembered it even into old age.
I just ate an apple with a knife. My Grandfather used to do that all the time. It is a small way that I can remember him.
😢 God Rest George. He was the making of Thunder. I loved his smile and his voice
Hi Mary. This is James the guy that filmed this video. Hope you are well. I have a question. What made you think that I was talking about a famous man named George? I'm not being sarcastic here, this is a sincere question. So many people have assumed I was talking about a famous person named George. But George was just my uncle. A good-old boy from Pennsylvania. A man I loved dearly. I'm just baffled that *so* many people seem to think I'm talking about someone else. Thank you for your time.
@@tetsubo57
Hi James, firstly, thank you for such an emotional video, and I hope people commenting on it 10 years later does not bring you confusion.
I found your video myself only today, recommended by TH-cam after listening to a cover by George Donaldson of the traditional song "Parting Glass". He was, as I understand it, the lead singer of a band called Celtic Thunder, who died quite young 10 years ago. I don't know if you know the song, but it is very much a farewell in anticipation of ones own passing. I wonder if it is just the fact your video talks about "George" in the same year as the singers death that connects it to your video, and people draw the conclusion you are referring to the same George they miss.
Thank you for this story, by the way, and I'm sorry for your loss which much hurt as much now 20 years later. I lost my own grandad nearly two years ago now, and I can still remember that phone call even though the circumstances were very different. I don't know where you are on your own journey of faith at the moment but my grandad was a big believer, and I'll be thinking of your own uncle George today as I think about my grandad, if that's ok?
Godbless
Edward
@@edtow46 You could be correct. While I am aware of the performance group, I even think I once met some of them at a con, I've never kept track of them. I still miss my uncle. I'm sure I'll be receiving misattributed comments for years to come.
I just met George, in Celtic show. ENOUGH to love him and say goodby! How painful! He is my youngest daughters age.
But I will continue to watch the Celtics show so I could see George 😥😥✌✌💝💝🇨🇦😥
I loved George so much.
Watching him on the videos to me he came across as everyone best friend . Stood up for those who couldn't for themselves. Helping ppl. Just be there for you.
I experienced a similar supernatural feeling twice, though not in the midst of a storm. Once I was in a little church in Florida after my parents' divorce, and another was when I was locked in an isolation cell in an adolescent ward when I put myself in there for depression. That day in the hospital they had us make a collage of all the things that were bothering us, and it took me 4 hours to complete it. I had filled a huge posterboard up with images and words in a huge chaotic pile, and after looking at it as a whole when I was done the rage just took me over body and soul. I was a violent screaming / weeping mess. When I felt the presence of something other (in my world view the Holy Spirit) it was a turning point for me, and a week later I was released from the hospital. I was in there for about 2 months when I was 16.
Thank you for sharing this Tetsubo, that was very moving. My face is soaked from tears.
RIP,George!
RIP George you will be miss.
I'm confused. But, I think all the commenters are more confused than I am. This gentleman isn't talking about Celtic Thunder George Donaldson. Sorry. But George Donaldson died in 2014....NOT 30 YEARS AGO as he states in the video. He's referring his uncle George, not George from Ireland.
Congrats Teresa, you have noticed something I thought was so obvious that I didn't need to mention it. It's weird to think that George has been dead for 40 years now. I'm twenty years older that he was at his death. I still miss him. Happy holidays.
@@tetsubo57 I'm sorry for your loss. But, try to remember it's really not a loss at all. Just because we can't see and touch them with our physical eyes and hands, we can still touch them with our hearts and souls. I have no doubt he still visits you and your souls will meet up again. No, not referring to any kind of religious thing, just a spiritual thing.
My heart is hurting for you 💔 I know the feeling that you went through, as I went through that with my dear loving Husband 😢. I knew where his spirit went but the pain was so deep that I couldn't stop crying. I'm so thankful that I will see him again when I get to Heaven. 😢❤❤ THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PAINFUL STORY .YOU WILL SEE HIM AGAIN IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD.
What an astoundingly AWESOME tribute to George!!!
Rest in Peace your voice will be missed always
Just love George no matter what ❤️
I don’t know who this man is talking about but it’s not George Donaldson. He was not born in Pennsylvania and he died of a massive heart attack 14 years ago, not 30.
I'm talking about my maternal uncle, my mother's brother. I never tried passing this video off as anything else. But a whole lot of people seem to think I'm talking about a famous person. George would have found this amusing.
Firstly let me say, I miss his voice, and regardless of the bad part I still loved him for his vocals... Now to answer the car question you are right in your guess it was Chevy that made the Vega.
I'm not sure what's going on with this video but most of us thought it was about George Donaldson of Celtic Thunder. George Donaldson died at home in Scotland of a massive heart attack. The man mentioned in this video had lymphoma and I couldn't find any mention of George Donaldson having lymphoma. This gentleman also died 30 years ago and George Donaldson died in 2014.
I never thought it would happen. Someone actually listened to the video. It never occurred to me that anyone would ever think I was discussing anyone other than my Uncle George. I was just reminiscing about a man I loved and still miss. A good old boy from Pennsylvania coal country. Thank you for listening and being civil. You have renewed a bit of faith in people for me.
He said George died of Hodgkin disease, but I had heard he died of a heart attack. I’m just so sad he died.😢😢
As are everyone that knew him.
I knew George for many years and long before he became a global star with Celtic Thunder. I attended his funeral in Glasgow. Such a moving poignant ceremony at his funeral in St Marks Church, Shettleston, where the other members of Celtic Thunder sang during his funeral mass. He did indeed die of a heart attack. RIEP Big Fella.
Celtic Thunder's George did die of a heart attack; his Uncle George died of Hodgin's. He was named for his uncle.
Riest in peace george gutted at your sad passin
OMG, THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!
I’m sorry your Uncle George died and as you said, it was 30 years ago and it was NOT George Donaldson from Celtic Thunder. I’m sorry for your personal loss.
Thank you. George would find the situation amusing.
Love is all.
Do people watch videos before commenting - here he is not talking about George Donaldson from Celtic Thunder! Is he?
No they do not. I've gotten *many* comments over the past fourteen years that could only have been made if the person had never actually watched my video. Congrats.
Let him rest in peace. Stop this foolishness !
What are you talking about?
Let him rest in peace, we don’t need to hear this ,
He was my uncle and I will grieve his loss anyway I damn well want to.
@@tetsubo57😢😢😢