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

before we stepped into whatever came next.

We Went to Prom Anyway

Nothing dramatic happened when we arrived.

No magical spotlight appeared.

No song perfectly explained the moment.

We took awkward photographs.

We laughed at our friends.

We danced badly.

We argued about which snacks were worth eating.

It was ordinary.

And that was exactly what made it perfect.continue reading …