Joey Feek is hoping for a Christmasmiracle. As the country singer nears the end of her battle with cancer, she remainshopeful that she will still be around to celebrate the holidays with herfamily.
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"Her friends gathered aroundher on the couch and she told them of her hope that she might be able to stillbe here for Christmas, or for Indiana's second birthday in February," the40-year-old’s husband Rory Feek wrote on his blog, This Life I live.
Joey entered hospice care earlier thismonth after ceasing chemo and radiation treatments for her terminal cancer. Despiteknowing she can’t win this fight, the singer won't allow her cancer to break her unwaveringfaith. On Saturday Rory wrote, “Joey’s hope never fades. No amount of pain ormedicine can touch it.” He continued, “It runs too deep. It’s connectedto her faith in God. And as she will tell you, God can do anything.”
Choosing to spend her final days inher hometown of Alexandria, Indiana, the singer has found herself surrounded bylove. The couple’s 21-month-old daughter Indiana, regularly visits her mom, in additionto Rory’s teenage daughters, Heidi and Hopie (from a previous relationship). Rory recently shared a moving photo of Joey and her girls embracing each other in a group hug.
Also visiting the singer of the country duo Joey + Rory are friends of the couple. On Saturday Rory recounted a touching get-together with friends who stopped by to say their goodbyes, including Joey's 80-year-old-friendMiss Joan.
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“They all stayed for many hours, andJoey’s mama cooked and had pies and dinner for everyone. We all laughedand we cried, and one-by-one I led our friends through a door into the backbedroom to see her and sit with her and talk. Some came out smiling andfull of joy and some came out hurting and having a hard-time catching theirbreath,” Rory wrote.
Miss Joan was “especially moved.” The80-year-old had been teaching Joey how to quilt and made one for the singer.Rory told Miss Joan, “That’s what [Joey] wants to be wrapped in when it’s hertime to go.”
He wrote, “Our tears fell with hers.”
