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Sometimes Dreams Are Crushed But Their Spirit Lives On.

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Original dreams

A young woman who lost her momma in high school and suffers from many of the same health problems with her GI tract, had a dream. She had dreams to heal people with food, and she taught us all so much with her local restaurant.

 

Flooded dreams

A 100-year flood destroyed the restaurant, the buildings at their farm which provided most of the food for the restaurant and acres and acres of gardens.

 

This is so very hard for this wonderful dreamer, whose dreams have been shattered for now. This is fresh and painful news for me, because it is the place, I did not have to worry about what was on my plate.

 

The horror of this loss gives all Pinewoodians pause. For me, the realization that she would have to abandon this adorable and fun place also meant she would have to say goodbye to her hard-working staff.

 

Local Memories

We all knew the McCormick girls and watched them grow and heard them sing. They waited on tables and rang up stuff on the register. I think their daughter Lola was about 8 when her older sister made a request to no avail. “Bella, I’m working the register and there is a LINE!”

 

We went to watch the girls sing on the stage of the Ryman for a fundraiser. We knew Aunt Colie as she was a major player in getting Pinewood going. Lee, the pater familia of this clan took out the trash, sang, greeted people and played with babies so young mommas could eat. I asked him once if he was there in an official capacity. He told me he was with the band! Sometimes, he’d play some amazing tunes by musicians who left us too soon (Townes Van Zandt).

 

When they first opened with a light crew, friends and neighbors would take orders and bus tables. Many of these people did not really work there, they were just helping out. This is cattle country, and farmland and people help each other out!

 

The devastation in Hickman and Humphreys Counties is real. An anonymous donor has stepped up to pay for all 20 funerals of those who died in the flood. Sadly, some of them are small children. Homes have floated down the river, lives have floated downstream and there is sadness and glory in this horrific process.

 

Tomorrow they will sell the remaining inventory of the Mercantile which includes clothing, books, kitchen stuff and bacon, sausage, steaks and jams. There will be tears and hugs and gratitude for the very existence of. There are so many memories attached to this place. Me on roller skates in a Halloween costume and there were some great costumes.

 

Thanks for the memories

I remember when Kayla decided it was time to turn the drink fountain around. She did it and it was never changed. People have shared their lives with each other and their table. Just as her restaurant was heralded in Magazines of places not to miss, the flood waters came. We will all mourn this loss. George said, “I’ll never get to eat Mario’s barbeque,” and “where will I get the best bacon in the World?”

 

 

 

 

 

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Charlotte Mabry, Ed.D.,CeFT, is the Founder of Delphi Wealth Management, a small RIA with a therapeutic approach to understanding our feelings and behavior about money https://delphimgmt.com/.  Established 2021.   You can reach her at charlotte@delphimgmt. or (615)210-5803 cell. 

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