“I’m a romantic heart, so I like doing those special things.”

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Dolly Parton’s love story is one for the books.

Parton married Carl Dean in a small church in Ringgold, Georgia, in May 1966.

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Nearly 59 years later, the two are still going strong.

However, she may change up the menu this year.

Parton has anexpanded line of baking mixesand ready-to-eat foods with partners Duncan Hines and Conagra Brands.

“I make it all the time,” she says.

“My momma used to make that.

That was our weekend treat at home.

I make a good chocolate gravy.”

“I’m a romantic heart, so I like doing those special things.”

Her favorite flowers for Valentine’s Day?

Red roses, of course, “because they come from the heart.”