If you could talk to anyone dead or alive, who would it be? That one is pretty easy -- okay, I would have a hard time picking between two. 1 - my grams... after her recent passing and the last year of her life with her mind traveling between the known and unknowing there were a lot of things that I wanted to know and still would love to know. Plus just to hear her voice would be one of the greatest things ever. 2 - Dolly Parton.
Hands down, Dolly... won't you have a chat with me? I had a dream the other night we were in a house similar to the one I currently live in with that lucid sleepy upgrades and weird hues added into the mix and we made some kind of pudding bread. This is partially a reflection of the week I was having of roasting 3 rather large pumpkins to make puree - I still have 36 cups frozen in the freezer after making donuts, muffins, and several loafs of bread... BUT I also know that it is a little bit of me longing to have someone in my life that is so impactful and a mentor. Basically, if I could handpick a mentor, it would be Dolly. She might not pick me... BUT a girl can dream.
I see her as passion. Passion she puts into everything she does whether that is her music, acting, different products (you should check out her new dog products - Doggy Parton - which I think there should be a second piece to that for cats called Dolly Purrton, but maybe she doesn't like cats and that is okay), family, those that are like family, and her philanthropy endeavors.
Have you ever seen a place go from rags to a beautiful coat with a lot of love? That is metaphorically what happened in Tennessee... like Holy, wow! She poured into her community in so many ways and look where they are now... and just imagine where they will be eventually.
Passion in her music - I imagine in my little enneagram heart that she is a 2 and a pretty healthy one that has integrated to a 4 and uses that creative beautiful part of her brain to create lyrics that speak to the masses. There are so many songs about her faith, she doesn't apologize and doesn't hide that she is a woman of God... and yet she has so many fans who are on the fence or may not be believers. She has songs about the everyday, her past and her future... and they are melodic and so down to earth.
I see the way she is passionate about family, even when she was touring you could see her light up during any interviews asking about her husband. A lot of people on the road that much don't get that quality of support from their spouse and sometimes don't return it. She is loyal. I see her passion with those that are like family to her - her goddaughter... and I know that many people will roll their eyes but I believe that no matter what Miley has gone through, put herself through, and will go through in the future... there is someone she can always count on to love her unconditionally other than her parents and that is Dolly. Who has been there through a wild phase here and there - Dolly, like an amazing godmother would.
And then there is her passion for helping both with science, literacy and giving back to her home state. I put science first because many people don't know how she gave to aid with finances in finding the moderna vaccine. I don't know about you, but I didn't see many celebs doing that - the world felt in a dark place... but do you see the light that has sense shown now that there are vaccines? No one has to live in isolation - Dolly had a part in that. Literacy is one of my favorite things (I used to hide in books from the real world, now I just hide in the bathroom from my children)... and if you have read any of my blogs you know the joy my oldest feels when she gets her book from Dolly once a month. She lights up and tells me Dolly is her friend and I just melt.
I want to know how she does it all. I would love to sit down and hear about her journey... from the little girl in Tennessee that grew up in a home rich with love to having such an impact and continuing to overflow an outpouring of love to her communities far and wide.
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