This lady was a caretaker for her elderly mother, who lived until she was
97, dying in 2007.
The song, "I Dreamed a Dream ", may have been more than a coincidence.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ghess4" <ghess4@cox.net>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:51 PM
> Subject: [Healeys] Fw: Talk about "Not judging a book..."
>
>
>> He to all the Healey folks,
>> We all tend to judge a book by it's cover sometimes. This is not about
>> Healeys but it is about a heart warming story of one British Lady who
>> moved
>> through life with her own grace and quality.
>>
>>
>>
>> Before you watch...
>>
>> She's a homely, heavyset, 47-year old woman who lives alone with her cat.
>>
>> ...was teased mercilessly as a child because an accident at birth left
>> her
>> sounding mentally disabled.
>>
>> ...admits she has never had a boyfriend, and "has never even been
>> kissed".
>>
>> And when she watched the tape of her audition said, "Oh my, I look like a
>> garage".
>>
>> Onstage, the chuckles began before she even made it all the way out. The
>> audience openly laughed at her, when she said her dream was "to sing in
>> front
>> of a large audience, maybe even to be a professional singer"...
>>
>> Simon Cowel could barely contain his dismay when she poked fun at herself
>> with
>> a bawdy joke about her age and appearance...
>>
>> ...and then she did this:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
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