This is my first "random" post. I thought about dressing it up with some kind of point, such as "Never judge a book by its cover," or "Why did it take this woman 47 years to find appreciation for her talent?"
But really, it's just a wonderful moment on television. Go watch this uplifting bit on YouTube (and click "more info" for the lyrics).
Addendum, via the San Francisco Gate:
Ms. Boyle cared for her mother until the elder Boyle's passing in 2007 at the age of 91; her father passed away 10 years before. Living alone, Susan attends church each weekend and it was there that her singing talent developed, and where her late mother encouraged her to sing, but Boyle had reportedly stopped singing and did not know how she would do on that Saturday night she shocked the World.
Susan's life has not been one without pain. Sadly, she was abused and starved of oxygen at birth and has a learning disability because of the act. Ms. Boyle says she was teased by classmates, and reportedly the scars of their comments remain to this day.
It's hard not to think of her as the Heroine of the Common People.
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