“Daddy, I did it”: With this message written on a balloon, a young woman dedicates her college degree to her late father and moves the networks

Manuela Sierra Luján knew how to be grateful in a very special way during her university education. Despite mixed feelings, I was happy. In his heart he felt the presence of his father, now deceased, and he showed his love to the whole world.

Manuela is a girl from Colombia who graduated from the University of Antioquia in Medellín. He remembered his father with a white balloon, in which everyone read: “Daddy, I made it.”

When she went on stage to receive the title from the university authorities, she did not let go of the balloon and was applauded by her classmates and even teachers.

Young man dedicates university degree to his late father

The emotional scene was immortalized in a video broadcast on TikTok. In the musical background, he accompanied him with the song “Hasta la raíz”, sung by Natalia Lafourcade.

At the end of the video, Manuela showed a picture of her father to the camera and released the balloon. According to the medium N+, the material has “over 9 million views on TikTok”.

He also reported that the young woman had turned off the comments, but on other networks, users have stated that they were moved by the gesture of honoring the father and sending him blessings.

Moved with the gesture of the balloon

In social networks, such as that of El Heraldo de México, they have expressed:

Noemí León: “Congratulations, dear, your father is very proud of you!!”

“Wonderful tribute,” said Mónica Lopera.

And Martín AB, among others, opined: “Certainly her father saw her from heaven… This woman is an example to follow, as she completes her studies and although her father is not there, she shows her gratitude and love for her father, He achieved what his father would have liked, finish his career.”