It’s common knowledge thatDolly Partoncomes from humble roots.
It was as cold in the room as it was outside.
We’d bundle up to go to bed."
Unable to afford a doctor, the family took matters into their own hands.
“My dad and my brothers, they had to hold me down,” said Parton.
“Mama, she put cornmeal…
I think the cornmeal was to absorb the blood.
But they worked, and they healed, and I’m still walking on them!”
In spite of the family’s poverty, Parton grew up happy.
“We didn’t have any money, but we were rich in things that money don’t buy.
You know, like love and kindness and understanding.”
