Source: Toronto Star
Author: Oakland Ross
First, she heard her own voice. Then her voice went viral — accompanied by her tears of joy.
All in all, it was not a bad week for 29-year-old Sarah Churman of Burleson, Tex.
Even better, she heard her two young daughters, Oli and Elise, say “I love you,” on the phone — again, for the very first time.
Churman did not experience these wonders on her own.
In fact, by Tuesday afternoon, roughly 5.5 million people had viewed an amateur video of Churman’s entry into the audible world. Shot by her husband, Sloan, the video depicts a sobbing but obviously delighted young woman seated in a medical clinic, pressing her hands to her face in a combination of elation and disbelief.
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