Sophie Goudreau received a most touching birthday present this year. And its reverberations are now felt by millions as it was captured on video and went viral.
On April 3, Goudreau’s husband Gary took her to an afternoon concert of the world-famous country singer and songwriter Garth Brooks in Ottawa, Canada.
She held a sign requesting Brooks to sing his song “Mom” for her birthday.
During the encore, Brooks first led the audience to sing “Happy Birthday” for her.
Then he Goudreau why she picked the song “Mom.”
“Are you a mamma?” he asked.
She then tells him that she lost her son Antoine five years ago. He was only 3 and a half.
After a short exchange Brooks starts to sing the song and Goudreau bursts into tears and her husband consoles her.
