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‘Your daughter is beautiful’: Mum touched by a man complimenting her little girl with Down Syndrome

A stranger in a cafe has made a mum cry with happiness. - by Angela Mollard
  • 16 Jun 2016
‘Your daughter is beautiful’: Mum touched by a man complimenting her little girl with Down Syndrome Slice of Life

Pam De Almeida is used to strangers whispering and staring at her 18-month-old daughter Sophia. 


The little girl has Down Syndrome and her mum says people often stare, oblivious to the fact that she often stares right back.


But recently a couple approached her. The man greeted Sophia with a high five and a handshake.


As Pam writes on her Facebook page, Slice of Life: 'He looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "I have a story I would really like to share with you. But I am afraid I won’t get through it without choking up.” 


'I gently encouraged him to share, because now I was curious. This interaction was not what I was expecting,’ wrote Pam.


'He told me that he had watched the news last night. There was an interview of a mother who had recently given birth to a child with a major disability. She was on the news defending her decision to keep her baby.

'She was defending her choice NOT to terminate despite her doctors encouraging her to do so.’

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Pam says the man then told her: ‘The point is, you never know a person’s impact on the world. You can never know what a person is able to do unless you give them a chance.’


She continued: ‘He looked at me just before he turned to walk away and said, “You are a beautiful person. Your daughter is beautiful. Congratulations”.'

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