As with most things in her life,Dolly Partontook an optimistic outlook on her rough childhood in Tennessee.
Even after she came to the realization, she remained happy about her childhood with one exception.
People can see that.
They forgive me for being gaudy.
They forgive me for not being stylish.
They forgive me for not being as smart as some educated people might be."
And she was grateful people always saw her for who she was.
However, it wasn’t easy to get medical help because there were no hospitals in their vicinity.
In fact, it was difficult for a doctor to visit them since they didn’t have concrete roads.
So, the men in her family pinned her down and tried to reduce the bleeding with cornmeal.
We got trapped in there," the icon recalled.
“We thought we were going to die and our little tears were frozen on our little faces.
We were frozen, no fire, no food, no nothing.”
She labeled the scarring incident her “first deep hurt.”
She also compared the taste of a squirrel to a chicken and stated that it tasted “sweet.”
So, Dolly improvised and used a red medicine called mercurochrome as her lipstick.
While the country singer was proud of her transformation, her traditionalist grandfather wanted her to change her ways.
Ultimately, though,Dolly still developed a complicated relationship with her grandfather.
Unfortunately, the baby boy passed away just four days after his arrival.
That is what makes you who and what you are."
