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

honesty when it was uncomfortable.

And on prom night, with all the truth finally visible, we chose each other again.

The Most Important Promise Was Never Spoken

There was no new pinkie promise that night.

We did not make dramatic vows about the future.

We were eighteen.

We had no idea where life would take us after graduation.

But maybe that was the point.continue reading …