If you need a lift today, treat yourself to a viewing of this YouTube video, featuring “Britain’s Got Talent” Contestant Susan Boyle, who wowed the judges with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserables.” Mary Jordon of the Washington Post writes, “Before YouTube, Twitter and Simon Cowell, Susan Boyle’s angelic voice might never have been heard outside parties and church services in her tiny Scottish village. But now, thanks to a digital flash flood in the media age, the unemployed woman who claims to have never been kissed suddenly is a global sensation. Read the rest of the newspaper story here. If you watch the video or read the story, you’ll be smiling — and reaching for the Kleenex™ tissue besides. Susan always dreamed of singing in front of a large audience. Mission accomplished. Very well done. Dreams do come true.
