A
loving father wrote a touching tribute to his daughter with Down
syndrome on her wedding day, praising her for her achievements and
wishing her a long and happy life with her husband-to-be.
Paul Daugherty, 57, a sports columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer, wrote his 25-year-old beautiful daughter a letter published by The Mighty in
which he detailed how he used to cry over his fear that she wouldn’t be
accepted by her peers – a fear, he added, that has gone unfounded.
Please read on…
Dear Jillian,
It is the afternoon of your wedding. June 27, 2015. In two hours, you will take the walk of a lifetime, a stroll made more memorable by what you’ve achieved to get to this day. I don’t know what the odds are of a woman born with Down syndrome marrying the love of her life. I only know you’ve beaten them.You are upstairs now, making final preparations with your mom and bridesmaids. Your hair is coiled perfectly above your slender neck. Your bejeweled dress – “my bling,’’ you called it – attracts every glimmer of late afternoon sunshine pouring through the window. Your makeup – that red lipstick! – somehow improves upon a beauty that has grown since the day you were born. Your smile is blooming and everlasting.
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