Kelly Clarkson paid tribute to Dolly Parton with a spine-tingling cover of 'I Will Always Love You'

[Kelly Clarkson paid tribute to Dolly Parton with a spine-tingling cover of 'I Will Always Love You']( Kelly Clarkson tore the roof off Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Monday night at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards with a powerful performance of Dolly Parton's “I Will Always Love You.” The performance was a tribute to Parton, who was the ceremony's host. Clarkson’s performance was magnificent because she sang the song with the perfect balance of power and vulnerability, which is no easy feat. “I Will Always Love You” is commonly seen as one of the most difficult songs to sing and to do it in front of the woman who wrote it had to be nerve-wracking. It was a bold move considering the fact that Whitney Houston’s version of the song is one of the most impressive vocal performances ever committed to tape. But Dolly loved Clarkson’s rendition. [Read the Story]( [Hilariously sweet toddler comforts mom after scaring her with a puppet]( Toddlers are small chubby balls of energy and giggles. If anyone needs a good laugh, you can give a toddler a magazine and watch them tear it to shreds as they fall to pieces with laughter from the noise. Suffice it to say, toddlers are easily amused and emit belly laughs at the slightest hint of humor. A mom in Queensland, Australia caught her toddler's hilarity on video and shared it with her 73,000 Instagram followers. Laura Bentley is a mom of four, and one of them is a precocious toddler who cracks herself up while scaring her mom with a crocodile puppet. Bentley set up the camera and sat criss-cross applesauce (cross-legged for those without littles) on the floor preparing to feign terrified. Her youngest daughter then made her move as she saw her mom sitting “unsuspectingly.” Pure joy radiates through your screen as the tiny girl toddles up behind her mom and scares her with her puppet. She giggles hysterically before getting her mom one more time with her crocodile-puppet-covered hand. [Read the Story]( [Iconic feminist speeches retold by young girls offer a powerful tribute to women’s voices]( A banshee cry … a siren song … When a woman uses her voice, it carries enough power to change the world. America witnessed an extraordinary potency in the 19th century with the speeches of women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. And we experience it today in the poetry of Amanda Gorman. Both these women’s words teach, inspire, challenge and move us toward better days. Perhaps most important of all, they help encourage a future generation of women to speak freely, know their value and go after their dreams. [Read the Story]( [People are sharing heartwarming stories of libraries being safe spaces and it's so wholesome]( Human civilization has its upsides and its downsides. On the one hand, we've built incredible cities filled with amazing buildings where people work and play and are entertained, we have infrastructure that connects people and places, and we enjoy conveniences that previous generations could only dream about. On the other, we have environment-destroying excess and capitalistic greed pushing us toward widespread inequities and injustices. And then we have libraries. The public library is one of the greatest inventions humankind has ever imagined and actually made happen. Libraries are perfect in concept and exceptional in practice. The idea that we ought to plop a building full of books to borrow wherever groups of people live is beautiful in its simplicity and the fact that we've actually succeeded in doing it is somewhat miraculous. Libraries are something humans have created that has stood the test of time and that we can be truly, universally proud of. There is nothing but upside to a calm, quiet place where any and all people can hang out and read, without having to pay anyone anything. [Read the Story]( [Amid the chaos of war, two Ukrainian soldiers marry each other on the battlefield]( Even while facing the uncertainty of war, a Ukrainian couple decided to celebrate life by getting wed on the battlefield. Their story is sweeping the internet, reminding us all that when tomorrow is not guaranteed, there is no better day than today to honor love. Lesya Ivashchenko and Valeriy Fylymonov had been romantic partners for more than 20 years (according to ABC News), and even have an adult daughter together. But still, they had never officially tied the knot. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion—prompting many Ukrainians to join the country’s defense forces—Lesya and Valeriy had not seen each other. Their reunion was marked with the impromptu marriage ceremony. Lesya told ABC News “We decided who knows what will happen tomorrow. We should get married in front of the state, in front of God.” [Read the Story]( Find us on the World Wide Web: [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Copyright © 2022 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved. 1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028 You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.