There’s no better feeling than getting to share your passion with your child.
When she was just a little baby Indiana “Indy” Feek would join her parents Rory and Joey Feek onstage during their shows. Even after Joey died from cervical cancer when Indy was just two years old, Rory continued to perform and little Indy continued appearing onstage with her father.
It wasn’t until recently that Indy, now 8, expressed her desire to sing alongside her father.
Indiana, better known as Indy, was born with Down Syndrome, which did not make her any less than the other children. His wife, according to the father-of-three daughters, was the planner in the family while he was the dreamer. So, when she passed away he was unsure about how to go forward as a father of a young daughter.
Rory said that after his wife Joey passed away, he received hundreds and thousands of cards and letters from fans and well-wishers. They wanted to express their sympathy and with the letters came bills of $5, $10, $20, change, and checks of all sizes. “When we spread their outpouring of love all across the kitchen table, it added up to nearly $100,000. It was beyond humbling,” he added.
The money from the cards and letters helped them build the schoolhouse, which cost almost as much as they had received. October 2, 2018, was Indiana’s first day at the “Hardison Mill School, named for the one-room schoolhouse that had served the children here in our community a century or more before.”
It is a three-minute walk from her home to her school and her mother keeps watch nearby. It is “a stone’s throw away from the little family cemetery where Joey’s wooden cross stands,” said the father.
Rory helped his daughter learn the lyrics to a song he taught his oldest daughter Heidi when she was Indy’s age.
The song? “Daddy What If” by Shel Silverstein.
He typed out the lyrics and then drew pictures next to the parts Indy would sing. Rory also changed the lyrics from “Daddy” to “Papa” because that’s what Indy calls him.
When this past Father’s Day arrived, the beautiful Indy decided to surprise her dad with a present. Then Indy asked her father to do something that he couldn’t refuse – sing with her.
After he woke up and brushed his teeth for the day, Rory was ready to grab his guitar and sit down in front of the camera to sing one of their favorite songs for their followers on social media.
Watch the heartwarming video of the father and daughter duo:
Source: AWM
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