Faith Hill Instagram – Loretta Lynn was and always will be a national treasure.  She not only “pushed the envelope” as the old saying goes…this woman was the envelope filled with stories of life.  A real life, as a woman.  What it meant to be a woman.  To be a wife, to be a mother.  Speaking plainly, truth telling, you know…the real shit.  So, by the time her undeniably trail blazing testimonies reached the airways, that thing the music industry described as “pushing the envelope,” Loretta had established herself as an original.  The original.   Loretta knew that women could break down walls.  And she did, for all women baring their souls and their lives.   I have so many personal stories with Loretta.  There is one that makes me laugh every time I think about it.  We were at a very big award show and I was onstage getting ready to present and I look down at Loretta and she is yelling at me “Hey, honey.  I love you so much, honey.”  She didn’t care about where we were, because, you see, when Loretta Lynn calls your name, the world stops for a moment.   After the award presentation, I jumped down off the stage and went straight to Loretta and gave her the biggest hug and told her I loved her too.   We love you Loretta.   PS. When my song “Take Me As I Am” went #1, Loretta sent this photo to me:  “To my Baby, I told you you’d get #1, didn’t I?  I love you, Honey”