Dolly Parton recently talked about the difficulties she has been facing after her husband passed away.
In an interview with Khloe Kardashian, the legendary country singer Dolly Parton talked candidly about the death of her husband of nearly 60 years earlier this year.
Only nine years after reaffirming their marriage vows, Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, died on March 3 at the age of 82.
Following the news of Dean’s death, Parton issued a brief statement that read: “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.”
“While their family have also asked for ‘privacy during this difficult time.”
Parton recently discussed her current struggles with creating new music and stated that she is still working through her loss in an interview with Kardashian’s podcast, Khloé in Wonder Land.
Kardashian enquired as to whether the artist had ever experienced writer’s block or begun a song but abandoned it.
She answered, “[There are] several things I have wanted to start, but I can’t do it.”
“I’m just coming up with such wonderful beautiful ideas, but I think I won’t finish it. I can’t do it right now, because [I’ve] got so many other things.”
“I can’t afford the luxury of, you know, getting that emotional right now. There are times like that, things like that, that will stall you a little bit. But I’ll write something else though, if it comes.”
“I’m just putting all that on hold,” Parton continued.
Parton has talked about her Christian faith and shared her optimistic outlook despite her current problems.
Speaking to the Associated Press, she said, “I am a person of faith, and I truly believe that I’m going to see him again someday.”
“And I see him every day in my memories and in my heart, and in all the things that we used to do and all the things that we’ve built together. You just kind of have to learn to kind of make new plans – but that’s the hardest part.”
She also talked about how she wants to use her pain and sadness to make something positive.
She added, “I really feel his presence. I just try to go on, because I know I have to. And he was ill for quite a while, and part of me was at peace that he was at peace and not suffering anymore. But that still doesn’t make up for the loss and the loneliness of it.”
“I’m going to take all of that energy, and I’m just going to put that back into other things, and I’ll keep him ever-present in everything that I do.”
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