Woman Mocked Because Her Dad Has Down Syndrome Writes Him Touching 50th-Birthday Post

Woman Mocked Because Her Dad Has Down Syndrome Writes Him Touching 50th-Birthday Post
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From the archives: This story was last updated in June 2019.
For a young woman in Cebu City, a simple Facebook post written up for her father’s birthday went completely viral.

It’s not the first heartfelt post to a father, thanking him for being fantastic and reflecting on why he should be more appreciated. But for Richie Ann Castillo, the young woman in question, her post was about more than just loving her father—it was about loving him despite a unique situation that she had learned to overcome while growing up.