Susan Boyle - The Unsung Hero

Posted on April 16, 2009 at 02:15 PM

"This morning we watched the You Tube video of Susan Boyle who appeared on the UK show 'Britains got Talent' last week.

We have now posted this on our site – Videos

The below information is a blog about Susan. She has a site www.susan-boyle.com

We think Susan is a gift to us all, We won't say too much as we hope that you will enjoy and receive as much from this remarkable women's song and story that we have.

Here's to all the unsung heros of this world who make this life so precious.

Susan and Paula.

One candidate for a people’s hero for this recession is Susan Boyle, an unassuming looking, 47 year old, unemployed, charity worker who has never been kissed.Her Diva performance on ‘Britains’s Got Talent’, (Simon Cowell’s UK franchise of ‘America’s Got Talent’) has been viewed more than 7 million times on Youtube, appeared in over 600 newspapers and even caused Demi Moore to burst into tears.

Ms. Boyle has taken the world by Internet storm after appearing on "Britains' Got Talent" on 11th April where she wowed a cynical audience and the judges, including Simon Cowell (also of American Idol) with her powerful performance of "I Dream A Dream" from Les Miserable.

Susan is 47 years old, she is reported to have never kissed a man and she lives at home in Blackburn, West Lothian, with her cat, called Pebbles.

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 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.

After enduring such sadness one becomes painfully aware of their own mortality, that of others, and the desire to "make one's mark" becomes ever intense. Susan Boyle's stirring song was as much a testimate to the power of the human sprit and a form of grieving as it was a display of talent. Susan wanted to make her mom smile, but in doing so made mothers all over the World smile.

In a World of nasty pirates, mean internet commenters, and crazy right-wing extremists, we have to stop and embrace Susan Boyle for making us smile.