![susan-boyle-pic-itv-113257880[1].jpeg](http://www.yorkblog.com/flipside/susan-boyle-pic-itv-113257880%5B1%5D.jpeg)
So my mom sends me links throughout the day of very momlike things - inspirational quotes, tips for cleaning my stove, recipes for apple cake. These are things she used to mail to me with a stamp and all, but she's all technologically saavy now, so I get them in my inbox at work.
Today, she passed on a link to a video of a 47-year-old wannabe British singer from the show "Britain's Got Talent."
Susan Boyle walks out on stage in a cute dress and dowdy hair, confessing she's wanted to be a singer since she was a little girl, and that she's never been kissed.
Simon Cowell sits there with a smirk, ready to be disappointed.
Of course what happens is that Boyle has an amazing voice, and she picks the perfect song ("I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les MIserables") and got the whole audience rooting for her and the three judgy judges eating crow.
As someone named Susan with dowdy hair and a lifelong dream of being a singer (my co-workers will tell you that dream should be one that dies ... and don't worry, it has), I felt compelled to share the clip.
It's sweet and is a reminder that you don't have to turn to celebrities for inspiration.
wow. she made me cry.