I made a little detour today on the way home. Found
MarcyJo's Mealhouse in Pottsville ,
Tennessee
A couple of years ago we discovered the singing duo of Joey
and Rory. We liked their music and chemistry, then started recording and watching
their TV shows and fell in love with them like all of their fans do. Just down
home folks, Rory in his overalls, working on their farm, and making music. Rory
has been a storyteller and songwriter all of his life, with some big hits under
his belt. The red barn/recording studio was paid for by his hit "Some
Beach" which paid for the barn, dubbed "Some Barn".
Joey and Marcy (Rory's sister) decided to open a restaurant,
and MarcyJo's was born. For a long time I thought that Jo was Marcy's middle
name, but the Jo part actually comes from Joey, they are partners in this
venture and seem to love to cook for all the folks that stop by. They even
demonstrate a recipe weekly on their show. Find their great recipe videos here.
The story of Joey and Rory unfolds each week on the shows
(these TV shows are from 2012-2014, now in re-runs) featuring their farmhouse
concerts, road trips, family and friends, and ending when their beautiful daughter,
Indiana is born. Shortly after that the cancer hits.
Joey is such a beautiful person inside and out. Her story
reminds me so much of our neighbor Robin who struggled with cancer, both ladies
sweet young mothers, I remember Robin saying she wanted to make it to age 40,
and she did. Joey is now also 40.
Rory the husband and songwriter and teller of stories has been
chronicling their life since January 2014 in a blog, This Life I Live.
My blog: I’m a songwriter who isn’t writing songs right now. Joey has been encouraging me to write about our lives instead. ~ Rory
It it started out with stories life
on the farm, but has turned into a much-anticipated and often heartbreaking update on Joey's health, like this one from October when the treatment stopped:
The doctors gave us an estimate of how much time they believe that Joey has, and we both looked at the calendar that hangs by our kitchen door, then I took the calendar off the wall and threw in the trash can. ~Enough
When a new blog post is announced, the web-site cannot handle the thousands of
fans and many get an error message, but keep trying... and praying.
So today on my way through the rolling hills of middle Tennessee , I veered off my path toward home to stop by Pottsville , Tennessee
Marcy and Joey are changin'
lives one bite at a time…
