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

I said yes before he finished the sentence.

That was how most important things happened between us.

Quietly.

He Showed Up in a Navy Suit

On prom night, Noah arrived early.

I could hear him downstairs talking to my mother while I finished getting ready.

Every few minutes I looked at myself in the mirror and tried to convince myself I looked calm.

I did not.continue reading …