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  • Joey Feek: Joey + Rory Singer Kisses Daughter Indiana Goodbye and Goes Into “Deep Sleep,” Nears End of Her Life

    Joey Feek, one-half of the country/bluegrass duo known as Joey + Rory, has been in a “deep sleep” for a few days now, and hospice caregivers told husband Rory she has a few days–at most–to live.

    Battling cancer since her 2014 diagnosis, Joey Feek fought a good fight. She told husband Rory Feek last week she was done fighting.

    “Joey has done all she set out to do… even right to the very end, and by sheer will-power (and God’s grace), she was still here to to see our baby’s 2nd birthday. Over the last number of weeks her pain had gotten worse and her health had continued to decline rapidly. And not long after Indy’s birthday my wife decided that ‘enough is enough’. She was ready to stop fighting and she told me so. She said the flowers would soon be blooming back in Tennessee. It’s time to go home,” Rory Feek posted on his blog, This Life I Live, on Monday.

    “Joey gathered her family together around her and she said goodbye to each of them… to her mother and father and her three sisters. There were lots of tears as she explained to each one how much she loved them and that she was going to be going home soon. That her time here was done and she was going to go to sleep soon. And then she asked me to bring our baby in. And so… I set our little Indy on Joey’s lap and we all cried with my wife as she told her how much her mama loved her and, ‘…you be a big girl for your papa… and that mama will be watching over you.’ And then she pulled Indiana up and she kissed her,” he added. “One last kiss.”

    Rory went on to write that his better half–Joey Feek–is truly nearing the end.

    “My wife has been asleep for days now and her body is shutting down quickly. The hospice nurse came again this morning and said Joey will most-likely only be with us for a few more days… at the most,” he wrote.

    “A few more days…In the 40 short years that Joey has lived, my bride has accomplished many great things…she’s lived a very full life. But even more than that, she has loved those around her greatly and been loved greatly in return. I can honestly say that Joey’s isn’t just a life well-lived, it’s a life well-loved,” Rory wrote.

    “God only gives each of us a certain amount of time to be on this earth and every day when we wake up, we get to decide how we are going to spend those precious minutes and hours. There are no do-overs, no second-chances, no next-time-around’s to get it right. Joey knew this and she has made each and every day count. One of the last things Joey said before she drifted into the deep sleep she’s been in for a few days now is, ‘I have no regrets… I can honestly say, that I have done everything I wanted to do and lived the life I always wanted to live,’” Rory shared.

    Joey Feek lived long enough to realize some milestones in recent weeks, most of which no one believed she’d live to see. She lived to see the release of the new Joey + Rory album, and she learned it hit number one on the Billboard Country charts. She lived to see a Joey + Rory song announced as a nominee on the Grammy Awards. She spent one last romantic Valentine’s Day with her beloved Rory. And she lived to see their sweet little girl, Indiana Feek, celebrate her second birthday.

    Joey Feek has fought the good fight and she doesn’t want to fight any more. She believes strongly she will soon be in Jesus’s loving arms. The strong Christian faith Rory and Joey Faith have long shared will help keep Rory strong in the dark days ahead.

  • Joey Feek of Joey + Rory Fame in “Deep Sleep,” Said Her Goodbyes and Has Just Days–at Most–to Live

    Joey Feek of Joey + Rory Fame in “Deep Sleep,” Said Her Goodbyes and Has Just Days–at Most–to Live

    Joey Feek of country/bluegrass duo Joey + Rory fame is close to the end of her long battle with cancer. Husband Rory wrote about how Joey Feek hasn’t been awake for days, and that she doesn’t have much time left.

    Rory Feek has kept fans, family members, and friends apprised of Joey Feek’s condition for months now, on his blog, This Life I Live. In a February 29 post, he shared that Joey has said her goodbyes to everyone.

    “Joey has done all she set out to do… even right to the very end, and by sheer will-power (and God’s grace), she was still here to to see our baby’s 2nd birthday. Over the last number of weeks her pain had gotten worse and her health had continued to decline rapidly. And not long after Indy’s birthday my wife decided that ‘enough is enough’. She was ready to stop fighting and she told me so. She said the flowers would soon be blooming back in Tennessee. It’s time to go home,” Rory penned through his tears.

    “Joey gathered her family together around her and she said goodbye to each of them… to her mother and father and her three sisters. There were lots of tears as she explained to each one how much she loved them and that she was going to be going home soon. That her time here was done and she was going to go to sleep soon. And then she asked me to bring our baby in. And so… I set our little Indy on Joey’s lap and we all cried with my wife as she told her how much her mama loved her and, ‘…you be a big girl for your papa… and that mama will be watching over you.’ And then she pulled Indiana up and she kissed her,” he adds. “One last kiss.”

    Rory went on to write that Joey Feek is truly near the end.

    “My wife has been asleep for days now and her body is shutting down quickly. The hospice nurse came again this morning and said Joey will most-likely only be with us for a few more days… at the most,” he shares.

    “A few more days…In the 40 short years that Joey has lived, my bride has accomplished many great things…she’s lived a very full life. But even more than that, she has loved those around her greatly and been loved greatly in return. I can honestly say that Joey’s isn’t just a life well-lived, it’s a life well-loved,” Rory writes.

    “God only gives each of us a certain amount of time to be on this earth and every day when we wake up, we get to decide how we are going to spend those precious minutes and hours. There are no do-overs, no second-chances, no next-time-around’s to get it right. Joey knew this and she has made each and every day count. One of the last things Joey said before she drifted into the deep sleep she’s been in for a few days now is, ‘I have no regrets… I can honestly say, that I have done everything I wanted to do and lived the life I always wanted to live,’” Rory adds.

    Joey Feek has reached a point most believed she’d reach weeks, if not months, ago. Instead she lived to see the release of the new Joey + Rory album, and she learned it hit number one on the Billboard Country charts. She lived to see a Joey+ Rory song announced as a nominee on the Grammy Awards. She spent one last romantic Valentine’s Day with her husband. And she lived to see their precious little girl, Indiana, turn two years old.

    Joey Feek, as Rory wrote, is tired. She’s fought the good fight and she doesn’t want to fight any more. She believes strongly she will soon be in her savior’s arms in Heaven. That faith is what will help keep Rory strong in the dark days ahead.

    Joey Feek has set such an incredible example for so many. She’s taught us that life is precious, and that it’s a gift. And she treasured every single moment of it for as long as she could.

    Soon those who prayed for Joey Feek will pray for Rory in the wake of her passing. They’ll pray for strength in his toughest days, and for loved ones to surround him and Indiana.

    Life won’t be easy for Rory when his beloved Joey is gone, but he’ll have no regrets.

    Rory has stood by Joey Feek nearly every minute of every day since she went home to her childhood home to die. Now it seems that day is coming soon.

  • Joey Feek Says Tearful, Heartbreaking Goodbye to Her Best Friend, Is ‘Inconsolable’ Says Husband Rory Feek

    Joey Feek has had to say goodbye to her best friend as she prepares to leave this world as her cancer progresses, an event that has reportedly left her “inconsolable.”

    Country singer Rory Feek shared an update on his terminally ill wife, who is now in hospice, in a new blog post on Saturday, saying that Joey was “inconsolable” over saying goodbye to her best friend, Julie Zamboldi.

    “I put my arms around her and asked what was wrong,” Rory wrote of the encounter. “As her lips quivered and she tried to catch her breath, the tears streamed down her cheeks and Joey said, ‘I don’t think I will ever see her again.’”

    Joey and Zamboldi, who shaved her own head in support of her best friend, have been fast friends ever since they met when the couple, who performed as the duo Joey + Rory, at their first Big & Buckle Festival eight years ago.

    “Like an angel from heaven, it was as if God sent Julie to us. To her,” Rory continued. “But none of us exactly knew why, until the cancer showed up again this summer.”

    Joey, who has a 23-month-old daughter with Rory, was diagnosed with stage IV cervical cancer in 2014. After fighting the disease for a time, Joey decided to stop chemotherapy treatments in October after the cancer returned and spread to her colon.

    “Months later and as Joey’s condition has continued to improve, then worsen, again and again … Julie has made three trips to Washington and is back here with us again,” Joey added. “She’s been here all week, helping Joey’s sister Jody take care of my wife and me and everyone else. She cooks, she cleans, changes the baby’s diaper, and does any and everything else that she can find to do that needs to be done while we’re living here out of suitcases … not waiting for someone we love to die. But helping the woman we all love to live.”

    Rory has been chronicling Joey’s cancer battle on his blog, This Life I Live.