DEAR SUN SPOTS: We are wondering if you could get an address for Joey+Rory Feek who live in Indiana. They are country and western singers. They are having a hard time health wise and I would like to send them a card. We have seen them perform before and they are good. I don’t have a computer, so I can’t look up these things. You have helped in finding so many things. — No Name, No town.
ANSWER: Joey+Rory Feek are a husband and wife country music duo with an incredible story and a loyal fan following. The couple has one child together, a daughter with Down syndrome, born in 2014, just a few months prior to Joey’s diagnosis with an aggressive stage 4 cervical cancer. Rory Feek also has two daughters from a previous marriage.
As her husband Rory blogs about his family’s journey with terminal cancer, Joey is no longer receiving treatment, opting instead to live her days in hospice care and surrounded by her loving family at her childhood home in Alexandria, Ind. According to her husband’s blog, Joey grows more frail by the day.
In a December interview with The Tennessean, Rory told the Nashville daily newspaper that his wife is hoping to survive through the third week of February to see three milestones — the Feb. 14 release of the couple’s hymns album, the Grammy Awards on Feb. 15 where Joey+Rory are nominated for Best Duo/Group Performance for their performance of “If I Needed You,” and their daughter’s second birthday on Feb. 17.
To send Joey+Rory Feek a message of encouragement, you can address a note to them and simply put Alexandria, IN 46001 under their names. Sun Spots spoke with the post office in Alexandria, and they said they make sure the couple receives all of their mail. For those of you who do have a computer, you can also visit the couple’s Facebook page to leave them a message at https://www.facebook.com/joeyandrory.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Sun Journal answered a prayer for me last month in the Monday, Jan. 25, issue. A year ago, my husband moved into a nursing home and I moved into senior housing. I took our dog with me. I live on the fourth floor and it became difficult to take her for walks. I was unable to give her the care she deserved. I had to give her up.
My heart was broken when I did it. For months, I would pray that I would have some sign that she was alright. Then, there on the paper she was at the top of the front page wearing a bow. All the concern I had about her just lifted as I know she is well and cared for. She likes to wear clothes, and when I would take them off of her, she would grab them and take them to her bed. She is very smart and a good dog. She loves people and is eager to please. I will always miss her, but I know now that she is well cared for and loved.
ANSWER: Our pets become family. It’s always difficult to see them go. Thank you for sharing your story and for caring enough to find a good home for your dog when the time was right.
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