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 thought prom night would be perfect. I had imagined every detail—the dress, the photographs, the music, the nervous laughter, and the moment I would finally walk downstairs and see Noah waiting for me. Instead, just before I was supposed to leave, my mother locked my bedroom door. Downstairs, my best friend waited in a…