My Mom send me a lot of emails and some are cute and some make me think...this one I needed a box of tissues (and so did the judges on the Australian X-Factor). It is also the kind of thing that should make all of us thank God Almighty that we enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy, way of life we live and the lack of wars on our soil.

Listen to his story, then listen to HOW he sings his song. It speaks volumes about the kind of person he is and HOW he lives his life, rejoicing the life that he has been given.

I watched this at work and I am trying my hardest (and failing miserably at trying) to hold back my tears.

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