From Deseret News archives:
Many sing praises of Archuleta
It's easier to believe in drunken teen divas and criminal ballplayers and wacky Jackson children than to believe in a shy, guileless kid from Utah.
Others not only believe it, they need to believe it.
They embrace it.
"I feel kinda weird writing this, but I'm a 24-year-old graduate student who was inspired by David," Linha Pahn, an aspiring Mississippi medical student, wrote on the "American Idol" online forum. "I've been rejected by all medical schools ... and I wonder if my dream of becoming a good doctor will ever be attained. With every rejection letter, I would cry myself to sleep. ... David has made me smile again. There's a certain way his voice connects to my soul when he sings that makes me feel better about my life, that everything will be OK."
Sue, a 44-year-old woman from New York, wrote that she was suffering through personal challenges and developing a negative attitude, and then she heard Archuleta sing. "I listened to (David) and suddenly I knew that everything would be all right in due time," she wrote. "Funny how life works. Two days later, I am listening to you again sing 'Imagine' online, and I started to cry when I heard you say 'take my hand and join us,' and I felt this strange sensation deep inside of me building to a crescendo."
A 20-year-old man wrote about being abandoned by his father and about other personal struggles. "Listening to David every week just makes my week," the man wrote. "When he sings with his heart, I honestly feel like life is going to turn around for me soon. He's the inspiration for making me push through these difficult times."
Recent comments
Amen.....
Hallelujah..
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AI fan | May 23, 2008 at 8:14 a.m.
David Archuleta is heaven..
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