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Joey Feek has seen the light and now, she is ready to comehome. After revealing last week that the holidays were a "roller coaster" for the ailing country singer, Joey's husband, Rory Feek, admits that he is coming to terms withthe fact that his wife is nearing the end.
“Here I sit beside my dying wife.I don’t say those words lightly. As a matter-of-fact, Ihaven’t said them at all. But my beautiful bride has said them to me in thesecouple of days,” the 49-year-old wrote on his blog This Life I Live, on Saturday. “Her pain and discomfort has continued to increase daily and sohas the morphine to help her be comfortable."
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Joey, who is battling terminalcervical cancer, has had her medication quadrupled in recent days to help keep thepain away. The dad-of-three said, “I’d like to tell you that she’s doing greatand is going to beat this thing. But I can’t.”
He continued, “Yesterday with tearsin her eyes and mine, Joey held my hand and told me that she has been havingserious talks with Jesus. She said she told him that if He’s ready totake her… she’s ready to come home.”
In his recent blog post, Rory alsoreflected on the couple’s 2012 song, “When I’m Gone.” The emotional ballad and musicvideo, which is about a person dying, while singing to someone they love, hasnow ironically come to life.
“Our ‘make-believe’ song andvideo seems to be coming true,” Rory, who shares daughter Indiana with Joey, said. “Some call it ‘life imitating art’. I don’t. I call itGod. He knew I would need her to tell me goodbye… not just once, but a thousandtimes. And I’d need to know that no matter how much time passes, that sheloves me still. And He made it so that if I needed to be reminded of herbeautiful life and heart and voice… she would only be a ‘click’ away.”
He added, “It is a very special song,filled with hope and love. And in time, I believe it will have the powerto help heal a million broken hearts…Even mine.”
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