And Parton is clearly doing her best to convey to viewers that they are loved, no matter who they are or what they have done in their lives. As the special concludes, the singer tells the audience that it is good to believe in something bigger than themselves. “I guess nobody knows for certain if there is a heaven, but if there is, I just hope to hell I go,” she says, joking that that statement is something her father would say, but would make her mother upset.
“I believe the kingdom of heaven is within,” says Parton, “and God is good and God is love. Now who wouldn’t want to believe in that?
