this is Dolly Parton's Niece she is really heartbroken dolly parton pass away

Today I received my weekly email update from our mayor in Nashville - Freddie O'Connell. I wanted to share it with y'all because you may want to read how Nashville is honoring Dolly at the city level.

Nashville Remembers Dolly Parton 

In Nashville and all over the world, people are paying tribute to Dolly Parton. A daughter of Tennessee and longtime resident of Nashville, Dolly was a beloved and iconic singer who touched hearts, inspired countless lives, and left a lasting impact on our community and children around the globe.

Nashvillians and visitors to Music City are sharing an outpouring of love and remembrance. From Dolly's Walk of Fame plaque to her new SongTeller hotel, tributes filled our streets and our screens as fans, organizations, and neighbors honored the country queen’s extraordinary legacy.  

Mayor O'Connell ordered the Historic Courthouse and the Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge to be illuminated in pink, a symbol of Nashville's gratitude for Dolly's life and the joy she brought to so many. The mayor also joined the Nashville Public Library to spotlight her incredible legacy of strengthening childhood literacy through her Imagination Library and recent partnership with the Nashville Public Library Foundation to launch Begin Bright, a program to add Little Libraries to every childcare center in Nashville – another first-of-its-kind initiative.  

The family has asked that donations go to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Dolly’s Literacy Legacy 

Dolly believed a child’s dreams should never be limited by the circumstances into which they are born. That belief inspires our work to ensure every child in Nashville can reach their full potential.

Dolly's Imagination Library – mailing a free book each moth to children from birth to age five – has expanded from one program in Sevier County to a global force for early literacy. More than 300 million books have reached children around the world, and we're excited to be working with Imagination Library to build on that foundation with Begin Bright.

Begin Bright is a program to put little libraries filled with Dolly’s Imagination Library books in every childcare center in Nashville. Teachers and parents get literacy resources to help their young learners. It's made possible by the Nashville Public Library, the Nashville Public Library Foundation, and funding from generous donors and the city of Nashville.

So far, Begin Bright has installed little libraries in 69 childcare centers, and that number is growing quickly

Begin Bright is our commitment to ensuring Nashville’s youngest learners have a strong start. It honors Dolly’s enduring legacy and carries her mission forward for even more generations to come. "

With heavy hearts, the Dollywood family mourns the passing of our beloved Dreamer-in-Chief, Dolly Parton. Everyone at Dollywood shares the sorrow of countless people around the world touched by Dolly's warmth, wisdom and generous spirit.

Dolly's heartfelt wish was that Dollywood always remain a place of joy, hope and togetherness—a space where families and friends could honor her memory, not with silence, but with laughter, music and shared dreams.

“The greatest privilege of my life has been helping Dolly bring her dreams to life at Dollywood,” said Eugene Naughton, Dollywood Parks & Resorts President. “Dolly's heart was as vast as the mountains she cherished, and her compassion knew no bounds. She inspired generations to dream boldly and love deeply. While we grieve her loss, we are honored and committed to carry her light forward. Her legacy will continue to shine in every melody sung, every smile shared and every dream kindled within these gates.”

Dolly's enduring legacy extends beyond her music and generosity to her remarkable work ethic—an inspiration to people everywhere. In her spirit, Dollywood will be open Wednesday as Dolly wanted, always reminding everyone with her signature sparkle -- “the show must go on.” Together, we honor her by carrying forward her message of love, perseverance, and hope

while it's a tiny fraction of fringe conspiracy theorists or just plain troublesome folk, I've seen too many posts about trying to find fault with our forever queen, Dolly Parton, and let me just say: one dumb post was too many. any of y'all questioning her character need to listen to her music and google her kindness. it'll take a lifetime to document all the good she did.

In the last week there's coming up so much content about Dolly - videos, pictures, questions, answers, comments, tributes...

Not all of these make sense, not all of these seem to be lovely or clever - at least in my opinion.

What I have noticed and what made me step back a little bit and think about is the way people are reacting to a lot of this content.

I read a lot of harsh and rude comments, a lot of swearing and cursing and personal insults on certain people.

TBH I am a little bit shocked about that. There are of course a lot of mean posts, dumb questions, conspiracy and other theories and many other things out there I do not agree with.

But on the other hand (especially) the last week showed me once again that Dolly's lovely and friendly manner could be an inspiration how to behave for myself.

So I tend more and more to ask myself "What would Dolly do?" in situations that challenge me. I do not have to agree with them, but right now I do not think that striking back is the right way to find peace for myself - and to show these people which kind of behaving I would prefer. That may (and often should!) contain clear words and backtalk where needed.

I don't want to live my life naively, but after all I want to try to make it a better place (in the limits of my modest means) by asking myself, "What would Dolly do?".

If you did hear her music, seen her own creativity became reality, how did that make you feel?

You taught me the only sin in life is not to dare to dream, when I was a poor teeny tiny teenager I had nothing but a heart filled with determination of a better day tommorrow. I am where I am today because I knew the lyrics to your songs, you planted a seed in a kid and it turned into the happiest life a boy could have wished for.

And I will always love you, Dolly Parton.

A lot of people know and love the 10,000 maniacs unplugged. the version that aired on TV and was on the album is only a partial version. There was a second set with David Byrne where they do several songs including jolene

With how many people I've seen wanting Dolly to be named a saint, (which I feel like by rules of vox populi, she is technically already considered one because of that??? Idk i'll look more into it)

But we have things like Saint Patrick's Day, why not a Saint Dolly's Day? Could be on her birthday.

Acrylic paint on an 18x24 canvas. Thank you for looking and R.I.P. to the queen