When a viral question asked which Dolly Parton song best captures you, I didn’t expect the answer to feel this true. Two songs, one steady on the outside and one wildflower-wild within — and then, flowers arrived “from Dolly.”
Hard Candy Christmas
When the song Hard Candy Christmas first hit the charts, I didn’t understand the lyrics. I grew up having hard candy for Christmas and the ribbon candy in particular always brought good memories of Christmases past. And initially I thought the song was calling hard candy at Christmas cheap and a sign of hard times. In a way it is, but over the years, I’ve learned it says so much more than that.