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  • Joey and Rory: Joey Feek Nears Death as New Album Goes On Pre-Sale

    Joey and Rory: Joey Feek Nears Death as New Album Goes On Pre-Sale

    Joey and Rory Feek–best known as the country/bluegrass duo Joey + Rory–are enduring very bittersweet days. Joey Feek is readying herself to leave this world, and the couple’s upcoming album, “Hymns & Stories That Are Important to Us,” goes on pre-sale beginning Friday.

    Joey Feek has terminal cervical cancer, and has been home under hospice care since doctors said this fall that chemotherapy treatments weren’t working. Rory Feek–the second half of Joey and Rory–has journaled about their journey in a blog he calls This Life I Live.

    Just days ago, Rory wrote about Joey and her recent conversations with Jesus.

    “Here I sit beside my dying wife,” he penned. “I don’t say those words lightly. As a matter-of-fact, I haven’t said them at all. But my beautiful bride has said them to me in these couple of days. Her pain and discomfort has continued to increase daily and so has the morphine to help her be comfortable. The dosage she’s needed to keep the pain away has quadrupled in the last four days.”

    “I’d like to tell you that she’s doing great and is going to beat this thing,” he wrote, “But I can’t. Yesterday with tears in her eyes and mine, Joey held my hand and told me that she has been having serious talks with Jesus. She said she told him that if He’s ready to take her… she’s ready to come home.”

    Joey Feek set some goals in recent weeks that, and if she passes away any day now, as Rory expects, she won’t achieve. Joey wanted to live at least until February 14–Valentine’s Day–to see the release of their brand new Joey + Rory album. The day after Valentine’s Day is the broadcast of the Grammy Awards. Joey and Rory had a song nominated for a Grammy Award this year, and Joey prayed to live long enough to see if they win.

    Joey and Rory Feek welcome everyone’s continued prayers. They are strong believers that Jesus creates miracles, and if He is willing to create one for Joey Feek, they will accept it with open arms.

    Fans can pre-order the upcoming Joey + Rory album, “Hymns & Stories That Are Important to Us,” by visiting the Cracker Barrel website, starting Friday, January 15.

  • Joey Feek Shares Bittersweet Dance With Husband Rory as Cancer Ravishes Her Body

    Joey Feek is growing more physically fragile with the passing of each day, yet her spirit is growing stronger. One-half of the country/bluegrass duo known to fans as Joey + Rory, Joey Feek was diagnosed with cervical cancer shortly after giving birth to daughter Indiana back in 2014. It was only weeks ago that Joey and husband Rory Feek decided to end cancer treatments, and bring Joey home with hospice care.

    Rory Feek has documented the painful process of watching his wife battle this horrendous disease via his blog, This Life I Live. Last week Rory described a bittersweet dance he shared with Joey.

    “A few days ago, on the last day Joey walked, I took her in my arms in the living room and once more put her hand in mine and we danced,” he wrote. “She steadied with her cane and I softly moved her across the room singing George Strait’s “You Look So Good In Love” in her ear. In the middle of the song though, as I was being careful not to step on her toes–she stopped and looked up at me and said, ‘How about if I lead?’”

    That lead is so typical of the strength Joey Feek has displayed throughout her cancer battle. Though she has had moments of weakness in the past couple of weeks–like when she cried because she so desperately wants to raise their daughter–she has also had moments of unimaginable strength, too.

    Rory and Joey Feek announced before Thanksgiving that they will release their new album–despite Joey’s illness–on Valentine’s Day. The album is filled with traditional hymns that Joey Feek has long wanted to record.

    Whether Joey Feek makes it to the Joey + Rory new album release or not remains to be seen. If she doesn’t, the album will serve as a tribute to the woman family members, friends, fans–and most importantly Rory and little Indiana Feek–so dearly love.

  • Joey Feek, Husband Rory: New Joey + Rory Album to Release on Valentine’s Day Despite Bleak Future

    Joey Feek is in hospice care, living out her last days at home with husband Rory Feek and their daughter, Indiana. Despite her bleak future, the country/bluegrass duo better known as Joey + Rory will release a new album on Valentine’s Day. Joey Feek might not live to see its release, but the songs on the album are dear to her heart.

    Rory Feek announced the upcoming album via his blog, where he has painstakingly detailed his wife’s demise, and the strong faith that has grounded them both.

    “The one she’s always wanted to make–filled with the hymns she grew up with,” he explained. ” We recorded it in a studio in Nashville early in the summer–just after recovering from her first big surgery in Chicago. And then she did her vocals where she could…in hotel rooms, our house, wherever and whenever she felt up to singing.”

    “In early October, we even did a TV taping of the songs in the concert hall at our farm in front of a live audience,” he continued. “Joey was weak and it was difficult for her, but she was determined. This record means so much to her. It is the songs that are the most important to her.”

    “I think Joey wants to capture the words and music of her childhood,” Rory Feek added. “The music that she goes to when she needs comfort. The music that makes this beautiful, tragic, crazy life somehow make sense. I think she wants to capture this music so we can take it home with us.”

    “Softly and Tenderly” serves as an example of the music Joey + Rory fans have come to love, and of the music that will appear on their upcoming album.

    Joey Feek has endured many bittersweet moments since entering hospice care. Rory’s daughters, Hopie and Heidi, came to spend time with their stepmom, as have dear friends and additional family members.

    “Her friends gathered around her on the couch and she told them of her hope that she might be able to still be here for Christmas, or for Indiana’s second birthday in February,” Rory Feek says in his blog. “Joey’s hope never fades. No amount of pain or medicine can touch it. It runs too deep. It’s connected to her faith in God. And as she will tell you, God can do anything.”

    One of Joey Feek’s last and most poignant interviews was with The Tennesseean. In it she shared that she fears nothing in the face of death.

    “I pray that one morning I just don’t wake up,” she said. “But I don’t fear anything because I’m so close to God and we’ve talked about it so many times. I know he’s close. And I know he loves me. I’m really at peace. I still believe there’s healing in prayer.”

    This upcoming Joey + Rory album will no doubt serve as a blessing to those left behind after Joey Feek passes. She and Rory still pray for a miracle–that she might live to see this album’s release, and enjoy more precious time with her family.

    The album will one day be a treasure–filled with Joey Feek’s heart and soul–long after she’s gone.

  • Joey and Rory Feek to Release New Album on Valentine’s Day Despite Joey Feek’s Prognosis

    Joey and Rory Feek, the country/bluegrass duo known as Joey + Rory, will release a new album on Valentine’s Day, despite the very real possibility that Joey Feek won’t live to see the release. At home under hospice care, Joey stopped all treatments for her cervical cancer a few weeks ago, and came home to enjoy what time she has left with her husband and daughter.

    Rory Feek announced the release date of their new album via his website.

    “The one she’s always wanted to make–filled with the hymns she grew up with,” he explained. ” We recorded it in a studio in Nashville early in the summer–just after recovering from her first big surgery in Chicago. And then she did her vocals where she could…in hotel rooms, our house, wherever and whenever she felt up to singing.”

    “In early October, we even did a TV taping of the songs in the concert hall at our farm in front of a live audience,” he continued. “Joey was weak and it was difficult for her, but she was determined. This record means so much to her. It is the songs that are the most important to her.”

    “I think Joey wants to capture the words and music of her childhood,” Rory Feek added. “The music that she goes to when she needs comfort. The music that makes this beautiful, tragic, crazy life somehow make sense. I think she wants to capture this music so we can take it home with us.”

    “Softly and Tenderly” was recorded by Joey and Rory Feek, as serves as an example of the music Joey + Rory fans have come to love.

    Joey and Rory Feek have endured many bittersweet moments since Joey entered hospice care. His daughters came to spend time with their stepmom, as have dear friends and additional family members.

    “Her friends gathered around her on the couch and she told them of her hope that she might be able to still be here for Christmas, or for Indiana’s second birthday in February,” Rory Feek writes. “Joey’s hope never fades. No amount of pain or medicine can touch it. It runs too deep. It’s connected to her faith in God. And as she will tell you, God can do anything.”

    In a recent interview with The Tennesseean, Joey Feek shared that she fears nothing in the face of death.

    “I pray that one morning I just don’t wake up,” she said. “But I don’t fear anything because I’m so close to God and we’ve talked about it so many times. I know he’s close. And I know he loves me. I’m really at peace. I still believe there’s healing in prayer.”

    This new album by Joey and Rory Feek will indeed be a blessing for all their family members, friends, and fans. It will allow them yet one more piece of Joey Feek to treasure after she’s gone.