Overview
- Parton says she wakes around 3 a.m. to focus on prayers, spiritual work, thinking and dreaming in the quiet hours.
- At home she often keeps on heels for practical reach, applies light makeup, and skips wigs while pulling her hair up for drop‑in visitors.
- The 79-year-old describes herself as an early bird who needs little sleep, a habit she credits to her late father.
- A source tells PEOPLE she is getting better every day at home with friends and family visiting.
- Following a kidney‑stone–related infection in September, she canceled an appearance and postponed her Las Vegas residency to September 2026; her memoir, Star of the Show: My Life on Stage, was published Nov. 11.