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

expression I could never quite read.

It was not disapproval.

It was not suspicion.

It looked more like worry.

I never understood why.

Then Prom Night Arrived

Noah had asked me to prom in the least dramatic way possible.

There were no balloons, no giant sign, and no crowd filming us.

He simply sat beside me after school and asked if I wanted to go with him.continue reading …