CITY PHOTO. THE MAYOR SAYS THIS WON'T BE HIS
LAST.
John: COMING UP RIGHT NOW
THERE'S A STORY OF FAITH, HOPE
AND MUSIC.
COUNTRY MUSIC DUO JOEY AND RORY
FEEK SHOWED US THE POWER OF LOVE
EVEN AFTER DEATH.
Andrea: JOEY DIED OF CERVICAL
CANCER THIS PAST MONTH IN
INDIANA.
THEY CHRONICLED THEIR LITTLE
GIRL NAMED INDIANA DURING HER
MOTHER'S FIGHT.
John: TOMORROW YOU CAN WITNESS
IT ALL WITH THE FIRST SCREENING
OF THE FILM TO JOEY WITH LOVE.
TONIGHT WE TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE
AND WHAT INDIANA MEANT TO JOEY.
Reporter: THEIR LIVES READ LIKE
A SCREENPLAY.
BUT THIS STORY IS REAL.
EPICS OF TIME DOCUMENT THE
GREATEST JOYS AND DEEPEST SORES,
JOEY, RORY AND LITTLE INDIANA.
>> I DIDN'T HAVE THE URGE TO
MAKE THE MOVIE INTO FILM.
I HAD THE URGE TO FILM OUR
LIVES.
Reporter: WE SAT DOWN WITH RORY
IN NEW YORK CITY.
AFTER A WHIRLWIND DAY OF
INTERVIEWS ON NATIONAL NETWORKS,
A PAUSE TO REFLECT ON THE FINAL
MONTHS OF HIS WIFE'S LIFE WHICH THEY SPENT IN ALEXANDRIA
INDIANA. >> WE WERE THERE FOR FIVE
MONTHS.
I FELT LIKE IT WASN'T JUST HER
HOME.
IT WAS MY HOME.
THE PEOPLE WERE INCREDIBLE AND
THERE ISN'T A PLACE THAT WE WENT
THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T CARE OF US.
Reporter: SHE STARTED HER LIFE
THERE AND ENDED HER LIFE THERE.
WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO HER?
>> I THINK IN THE END IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO HER.
HER ROOTS WERE DEEP IN INDIANA
AND IT FELT LIKE THE RIGHT PLACE
FOR HER TO LIVE OUT HER LIFE.
IF YOU HAVE TO SIT SOMEWHERE,
PREPARE TO MEET YOUR MAKER,
THAT'S A PRETTY PLACE TO SIT.
Reporter: ALEXANDRIA.
>> YES, IN ALEXANDRIA.
I HAVE ALWAYS TOLD MY WIFE THAT
IF SHE EVER WANTED TO MOVE BACK
HOME BACK FROM TENNESSEE TO
INDIANA, I WOULD BE GAME.
WHEN SHE GOT SICK AND REALIZED
THAT MORE THAN LIKELY SHE WASN'T
GOING TO GET BETTER, SHE WANTED
TO COME HOME AND SPEND TIME WITH
HER FAMILY AND SHE CAME FOR A
FEW DAYS THAT TURNED INTO A FEW
WEEKS THAT TURNED ANY FEW MONTHS
AND I FEEL LIKE I GOT TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON WHAT I TOLD HER WHICH
IS IF YOU WANT TO GO HOME, I
WANT TO GO HOME.
Reporter: THOSE MONTHS WERE
SPENT WATCHING LITTLE INDIANA
GIGGLE AND GROW.
INDIANA HAS DROWN SYNDROME BUT
RORY BELIEVES THAT GOD DOESN'T
MAKE MISTAKES.
>> THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE AROUND
US, EVEN JOEY'S DADDY SOMETIMES
SAID, CAN'T SHE GET A BREAK?
LIKE, WHY CAN SHE NOT EVEN GET A
BREAK?
IT DIDN'T EVEN OCCUR TO HER THAT
SHE WASN'T GETTING ONE.
IT REALLY DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME
EITHER.
Reporter: DO YOU SING TO
INDIANA?
>> I DO AT NIGHT WHEN INDY IS
GETTING READY FOR BED, WE PUT
OUR PAJAMAS ON AND SHE SITS IN
MY LAP AND SHE WILL SIGN MUSIC. SHE WANTS ME TO DO A SONG FOR
HER.
I WILL ASK WHICH ONE AND NAME A
COUPLE OF SONGS.
SO MOST OF THE TIME I SING I
SURRENDER ALL OF HER
♪
I SURRENDER ALL...
>> JOEY HAD SPECIFIC SONGS SHE
SANG IN THE GARDEN.
♪
YOU ARE MY PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL.
>> BUT MINE IS...
[INDISCERNIBLE].
♪
OH, TO BE MY BLESSED SAVIOR I
SURRENDER ALL.
♪
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST
ABOUT JOEY?
>> I JUST MISS HER
COMPANIONSHIP.
I MISS JOEY BEING HERE BY MY
SIDE.
I HAVE NEVER REALLY HAD TO DO AN
INTERVIEW WITHOUT HER CHAIR SITTING RIGHT HERE.
UM, I DON'T REALLY LIKE IT.
BUT IT'S THE WAY THAT IT IS.
I AM SO THANKFUL TO HAVE ALL
THIS FOOTAGE AND HAVE THIS FILM
OF HER LIFE.
I AM SO BLESSED THAT SOMETHING
TUGGED INSIDE MY HEART AT HERS
AND SAID LET'S RECORD THIS. SOME DAY THIS WILL MATTER.
Reporter: RORY TOLD US HIS
FAVORITE PART OF THE FILM IS
WATCHING JOEY BECOME A MAMA.
HE SAYS AT FIRST SHE WAS AFRAID
OF HAVING A CHILD.
SHE WASN'T SURE SHE WOULD BE ANY
GOOD AT MOTHERHOOD.
HE SAYS HIS WIFE'S GREATEST JOY
WAS BECOMING INDIANA'S MOM.