Showing posts with label Feek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Feek. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Rory Feek Shares Heartbreaking Footage of Wife/Daughter

Prepare to cry your eyes out upon watching the following video.


It has been shared by Rory Feek six months after his wife, Joey Feek, lost her battle with cancer.



On Tuesday, the singer wrote a heartfelt tribute to his little girl on his official blog, including both the footage below and many beautiful words.


"I"m reminded what a gift she is. What a gift she"s been to me. And to Joey," Rory wrote, adding:


"She is the smile on the face of father who should be crying. She is the joy in the life of a family that should be filled with sadness."


Joey Feek gave birth to little India in February of 2014; the child was born with Down Syndrome.


"God doesn"t make mistakes," the father of three said, remembering all those times when friends and family member would express their condolences to him and Joey about their daughter"s diagnosis.



He explained his thinking as follows:


"That"s such a strange response to the birth of a child. Maybe they were just sensing the confusion in my voice or more likely, they didn"t know what to say.


"It"s what society has told them – told all of us … awe, you didn"t get a regular baby … you got something less …That"s the messaging that is out there." 


After chronicling her journey and all the time she spent with her daughter online, Joey Feek died at the age of 40 in March.


Rory says he compiled the footage below as a tribute to his wife"s life and to the child they created together.



"I"m so so proud of [the film]. Proud of my wife. Proud of the chance to share this story with others," he wrote.


"You just watch a woman live and love and are changed. And you also see a baby born near the beginning that is not the child we expected. But by the end, you – like us – realize that she"s not less.


"She"s more. More wonderful and more precious and even more important to our lives and story than we expected."


India loves to swim, Rory says, and attends a school for children with special needs.


"Indiana is not less than any other child. Different is not less," Rory proudly concluded. "Having down-syndrome doesn"t make her life any less meaningful than someone else"s or her dreams or feelings any less important.


"Not as a child and I suspect, not in the years to come when she grows to be an adult."


Watch the video now. We"re not too proud to admit that we have tears rolling down our face as we type this…


Rory feek shares video of daughter with late mother touches us a

Friday, March 4, 2016

Joey Feek Dies; Country Singer Was 40 Years Old

Joey Feek, the country and gospel singer whose brave battle with cancer made headlines over the past several months, died on Friday while surrounded by friends and family members.


She was 40 years old.



Husband Rory Feek, who comprised one half of music duo with his wife and who chronicled her journey on his blog, confirmed the news via a post titled “A Dream Come True.”


“My wife’s greatest dream came true today.  She is in Heaven,” Rory wrote.


Joey was diagnosed with cervical cancer in May 2014, just four months after giving birth to her daughter, Indiana.


“The cancer is gone, the pain has ceased and all her tears are dry,” Rory wrote this afternoon.


“Joey is in the arms of her beloved brother Justin and using her pretty voice to sing for her savior. At 2:30 this afternoon, as we were gathered around her, holding hands and praying.. my precious bride breathed her last.”


Rory spent the final few weeks of his wife’s life keeping fans apprised of her progress, often sharing photos of Joey and their daughter.


He had told blog followers earlier in the week that he didn’t think Joey had much time left.


“A few more days,” he wrote at the time of how long he presumed Joey would still be with us, adding:


“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.”


Joey and Rory were married in 2002 and their group, Joey + Rory, was nominated for a Grammy earlier this year.


“I pray that one morning I just don’t wake up,” she said in her final interview with The Tennessean.


“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.”