At 6, I Promised My Best Friend with Down Syndrome We’d Go to Prom Together – 12 Years Later, Mom Said I Could Go with Him Only on One Condition

had changed long ago.

The Promise Had Become Something Else

At twelve, Noah stayed because my mother asked him to.

Then somewhere along the way, the obligation disappeared.

He stayed because he wanted to.

And eventually, I began staying for him too.

When his grandmother died, I stayed.

When he failed something important and acted like he did not care, I stayed.continue reading …