In a recent interview Dolly Parton spoke about a struggle she has been having following her husband's death.
Dolly Parton’s husband of almost 60 years died earlier this year and the country singer legend has opened up about it while speaking to Khloe Kardashian.
Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, was 82-years-old when he passed away on March 3, just nine years after renewing his wedding vows.
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."
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“While their family have also asked for 'privacy during this difficult time.”
Recently speaking on Kardashian’s podcast Khloé in Wonder Land Parton said she is still processing through her grief and spoke on her current struggle when it comes to making new music.
Kardashian asked whether the singer had ever suffered writer's block or had started a song and not finished it.
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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.”
Parton added that she is ‘just putting all that on hold.’
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Despite her current struggles, Parton has also explained her optimistic outlook and spoke about her Christian faith.
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.”
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She also explained how she hopes to take her sorrow and grief and turn it into something useful.
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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