It was about her original song, "It's OK," which she performed for America's Got Talent, a popular NBC program, in June 2021. Her authentic story of transforming her suffering into hope touched the judges and viewers alike and gave much courage and inspiration to people around the world. Simon Cowell gave her a "Golden Buzzer" during her performance.
"It's OK" is about the story of the last year of Marczewski's life dealing with cancer. The lyrics are as follows:
"I moved to California in the summertime.
I changed my name thinking that it would change my mind.
I thought that all my problems would stay behind.
I was a stick of dynamite and it just was a matter of time, yeah.
Oh dang, oh my, now I can't hide.
Said I knew myself but I guess I lied.
It's OK. It's OK. It's OK. It's OK.
If you're lost, we're all a little lost and it's all right.
It's all right. It's all right. It's all right ...
I wrote a hundred pages but I burned them all.
I blow through yellow lights and don't look back at all …
Don't know why I take the tight rope and cry when I fall …
It's alright to be lost sometimes."
Marczewski was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1990. She had three siblings and started to write song lyrics at age six. She volunteered to participate in various church ministries. She studied communications and graduated from Liberty University in 2013.
She enjoyed singing, and her professional name was "Nightbirde." She pondered the birds singing outside her window at night in anticipation of the morning. She had her first live performance in 2011 and played acoustic guitar in a style mixing folk and pop.
When she married musician Jeremy Claudio in 2014, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2015 and gave up singing for three years.
By the time she suffered from breast cancer in 2017, Claudio had left her. Nevertheless, she overcame her cancer in 2018, but she later found out that the cancer had metastasized to her lungs, spine and liver in 2019. In the end, she was given three to six months to live with only a 2-percent chance of survival.
She moved to Long Beach, California, and made up her mind to renew her singing activities in order to be truly happy. She sang hope in the midst of darkness. In spite of all the struggles, she had her bright smile, shining face, beautiful glow and encouraging words.
When she passed the auditions, she was happy to brighten the eyes of people around the world. She had her faith in Jesus Christ as well as a sense of humor that made her go beyond her difficult situation and limitations of life.
She eventually passed away, but she still inspires lots of people through her music.
"It is important that everybody knows that I am so much more than the bad things that happen to me."
"I had a 2-percent chance of survival, but 2 percent is not 0 percent. Two percent is something, and I wish for people to know how amazing it is."
"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy."
The author is a member of the Daughters of St. Paul (fsp.pauline.or.kr.) living and giving the Good News to the world by means of social communication.