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While Joey Feek remains in hospicecare in her hometown of Alexandria, Indiana, the singer continues to besurrounded by her loved ones, including her young daughter Indiana Feek.
The ailing country star’s husband, Rory Feek, shared a collage of adorable photos of his little girl on Facebook.Attached to the post he wrote, “Indy makingher mama smile today.”
Photo: Facebook.com/JoeyandRory
The couple’s daughter, who turns2 this month, has remained a beacon of light for her mother throughout Joey’sbattle with cancer. In a Facebook post on Monday, Rory uploaded a new photo ofthe soon-to-be birthday girl on-the-go in her walker. He penned, “Indy in herwalker this morning, doing everything... except walking.”
Photo: Facebook.com/JoeyandRory
Just last week, the doting fatherand husband revealed that his wife is “more frail than ever.” Watching the mother of his child and Indiana interact last week he said made him feel “broken-hearted."
Rory has previously admitted that hecannot picture his life without Joey, who has already exceeded her doctors’time frame. He said, “I cannot even begin to imagine going home to Tennesseewithout Joey, or living my life and raising Indy without her… but chances are,that day is coming."
As she continues her fight against cancer, Joey is keeping her daughter and two stepdaughters, Heidi and Hopie, close to her. In a moving photo, Rory shared a snap of Joey’s necklacefeaturing the three Feek girls’ names. He captioned the photo, “Keeping our girlsclose to her heart.”
Photo: Facebook.com/JoeyandRory
On Friday, in a heartfelt birthday post for hiscousin and manager, Aaron Carnahan, Rory blogged, “Some things aremeant to be. They’re bigger than us. Bigger than coincidence. Andthe only way you can explain them is…God.”
Both Joey and Rory have demonstrated unwavering faith since the singer's terminal diagnosis. Reflecting on his own faith, the 49-year-old admitted it was after his relative became a Christian that he followed suit. “Itwas Aaron’s journey to faith that played a huge part in leading me to findmine,” Rory explained.
Aaron, Jill, Joey and Rory Photo: ThisLifeILive.com
And Aaron’s second marriage to his wife JillHodel was the vision of marriage Rory had dreamed of for himself and prayed for. He said, “Beside my bedeach night, I prayed that God might bring someone special into my life, like Hehad brought to Aaron. Not long after that, I was playing a show at the BluebirdCafe and a beautiful brown-eyed girl with a boy’s name was in the audiencelistening. Joey and I got married in 2002.”
The singer’s best friend has beenwith the couple every step of the way. Rory admitted, “I think [Aaron's] cried more tears over what is happening right nowthan all of us put together.”
He added, “What an incredible blessing Aaron has been tome all these years, and is to Joey and me now. There isn’t a moment thatgoes by that we aren’t thankful for him and all he’s done for us and with us.”