Moneeze Bernardo
- A netizen posted online a ‘bittersweet’ conversation between a PWD father and daughter after her graduation ceremony
- Papa Veraguas told Reyna that he’s useless, but his daughter said she’d be nothing without him
- Their touching story went viral on Twitter with netizens congratulating Reyna for her achievements
A Twitter user shared online how her friend made her father cry, when he expressed self-deprecating thoughts, a gesture which touched the netizens’ hearts.
The conversation went as follows:
https://twitter.com/Rooovelynnn/status/1112931267727699968?s=19
Papa: Wala akong kwentang ama sa inyo.
Anak: Pa, kung hindi dahil sayo wala ako.
Papa: *Naiyak😔😔
The original poster’s story was accompanied with a picture of her friend, identified as Reyna Veraguas, proudly holding her certificate of completion and her crying father, who is seating on a wheelchair, while his daughter’s medal adorned his neck.
The netizen also disclosed that her friend’s father was not able to go to her graduation ceremony at Matalam High School, but she felt how proud Papa Veraguas was of his daughter, when he immediately cried as soon as Reyna gave him her medal.
“Kahit na may sakit ang kanyang papa gumagawa parin ito ng paraan para maipakita sa kanyang anak na sobrang proud siya,” added the Twitter user.
https://twitter.com/Rooovelynnn/status/1113382334357573632?s=19
The viral post has received over 40 thousand likes and six thousand retweets online. Messages of congratulations poured the reply section of the Twitter user’s post.
Many netizens also advised Reyna to continue taking good care of her father.
