A father has revealed in a brutally honest interview how he came to love the daughter with Down Syndrome that he had tried to get his wife to abort. Heath White, a pilot-turned-FBI agent from Waskom, Texas, said that his five-year-old daughter Paisley - one of three children - is now 'the light in the darkness' and an inspiration to his family. But this was not his sentiment in 2007 when he learned his wife Jennifer was carrying a baby with Downs, which was totally at odds with his image of a perfect family. Speaking to ESPN, he explained that he had always aimed for perfection - playing for sports teams throughout college, achieving a 4.0, enrolling in law school before coming a pilot - and the girl threatened to ruin that.
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Heath White, a pilot and FBI agent, said he had always sought perfection - and a Down syndrome child did not fit into that picture
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But his wife refused to have an abortion and Paisley was born in 2007
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A few months later, he was making her laugh and he realized she was just like every other child - apart from that she was his
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He wanted to show how proud he was of her so they began taking part in marathons and road races together
When Paisley was 18 months old, White began writing a letter to Paisley, he shared with @placeholder, detailing his conflicted feelings about her birth and how he now loves her beyond words.