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	How nice is this?

Antara

10-13-2008 12:03 PM

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good news, downs syndrome, life, love, beautiful story

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10-13-2008 12:37 PM

jatfla

A school and community who values sweetness, kindness, and friendship.

Not a dry eye in the stadium. :~)

10-13-2008 12:51 PM

LoPhatt

That is really sweet. I have one, he is 24 now and has better social skills than most people.

10-13-2008 2:14 PM

carrerinyes

That's just beautiful

10-13-2008 6:00 PM

Nerfzilla

This clip absolutely made my day. Thank you SO much for posting it.

10-13-2008 8:41 PM

darkeforce

It's great to see that teenagers are more mature than adults these days, in choosing a beautiful person to be their homecoming queen, instead of just a beautiful face and body.

10-14-2008 4:25 AM

merrie

What a heart-warming story. Her family must be proud, too.

10-14-2008 5:21 AM

Deepti

pop for a beautiful story.....

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