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Rory Feek makes video tribute for his wife, Joey

Andrew Weil
WBIR-TV, Knoxville, Tenn.
Joey and Rory Feek, of the country music duo Joey + Rory, kept their fans rocking from the Riverfront Park stage in Nashville during the CMA Music Festival on June 10, 2010.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As Joey Feek prepares to "go home," her husband is using music to celebrate her life, all their memories together, and the time that she gave him.

Joey Feek, half of the country music duo Joey + Rory, has been in a deep sleep for several days and her body is shutting down quickly, according to a blog post Monday from her husband Rory Feek.

"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.

Joey Feek 'stops fighting,' falls into deep sleep

In the post, Rory said he went through pictures and let them take him back to when they first met. He also came across a song they recorded a few years ago, but never made it onto an album.

The song, titled In The Time That You Gave Me, has an even deeper meaning now. Rory took the song and made a slideshow with some of Joey's photos with it.

"I could barely listen or watch at first.  But then, as I listened and watched more ... I smiled more and I cried less," he wrote.

People worldwide have been following the couple's story and Joey's battle with cancer since she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in June 2014.

She stopped treatment in October and was given six to nine months to live. She began hospice care and returned to her childhood home in Indiana.

"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," he wrote.

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Joey will be buried in her family plot behind the farmhouse when she dies, Rory said.

"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.' "

Contributing: Allison Carter, The Indianapolis Star. Follow Andrew Weil on Twitter: @AndrewSWeil

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