Joey Feek shared a heartwarming and inspiring photo with her fans on Friday of the terminally ill country star out of bed and playing with her toddler daughter Indiana.

The picture showed 40-year-old Joey and Indiana surrounded by toys, and the caption read; 'It's 60 and sunny outside today and even brighter inside.. Joey's out of bed teaching signs to Indy on the floor.'

Late last month, Joey's husband Rory revealed in a letter to her friends and fans that his wife is no longer able to get out of bed, so it seems she has rallied slightly.

It has been a big week for Joey, who is stage IV cervical cancer, as she also learned on Monday that she and Rory had been nominated for a Grammy award for their song If I Needed You.

Joey has said that her one wish is to live long enough to celebrate Indiana's second birthday next February.

Amazing news: Joey Feek, who is terminally ill with stage IV cervical cancer, was able to get out of bed and play with her daughter Indiana on Friday

Huge news: Joey and Rory learned earlier this week that they had been nominated for a Grammy award for their song If I Needed You. Here they are pictured in 2010

Improving: Late last month, Joey's husband Rory revealed in a letter to her friends and fans that his wife (pictured in November with Indiana) was no longer able to get out of bed

Rory wrote on Monday after the two learned they had been nominated for for Best Country Duo/Group Performance; 'As her excitement and tears flowed into mine. She said, "how can that be?"

'The song received no radio airplay... no press... no critical acclaim... and the only music video we made for it was to celebrate the day our little Indiana was born.

'God is so good. Thank you, thank you, thank you.'

The couple are living back in Joey's home town of Alexandria, Indiana, after she made the decision to stop treatment and start hospice care in her long battle with cervical cancer.

One last time: Late last month, Rory shared a photo of the couple enjoying what may be their last slow dance

Heartbreaking: Joey recently shared a photo of herself and daughter Indiana in matching beanie hats with knitted braids

Fighter: Joey has undergone radical surgery, radiation and chemotherapy since first being diagnosed in June 2014 with cancer. This photo was posted pm to the couple's website by Rory

Joey has undergone radical surgery, radiation and chemotherapy since first being diagnosed in June 2014.

And even though her health has been failing, Joey is determined to win her battle with the disease.

'There isn’t a day that goes by that she doesn’t look me and her family in the eye and say “I’m gonna beat this”, or “I’m getting better, I believe that”. And she asks me if I believe it, and I do,' wrote Rory on Sunday.

He wrote towards the end of his letter; 'Though now, she can no longer get out of bed - she is so sharp and clear and her pain, for the most part, is so under control by the medicine that talking to her - you would think she’s her normal self.

'Thinner. Much thinner. And with a hip new hairdo.

'But she is beautiful. So so so beautiful.

'When God begins to take the light from the outside… the light inside just shines all that much brighter.

He also shared a photo of the couple enjoying what could be their last slow dance together.

'In the middle of the song though, as I was being careful not to step on her toes – she stopped and looked up at me and said, “How about if I lead?,"' wrote Rory.