Prom was more than a month ago. I am just now posting about it because prom takes a while to process sometimes. This year Serena went with a fantastic young man. He asked her to go without prompting or coaching and did an awesome job of making it a good time. He is what we casually call "normal" but what he did is far above what one would expect of a normal senior. Her teachers did her make up and took her to the salon for nails and a hair do. A good lady made a great hair piece for her to wear on her special night. Everyone made it a good time.
In our small community PROM is a big deal. There is a choreographed dance that everyone participates in. The parents and siblings dress up in Sunday best to go and watch the production. There is a slide show of baby pics of all of the juniors. Only about an hour of the whole event is a typical teenage dance. The rest is for family and community. A BIG DEAL.
In this year's prom, there were three students with significant challenges participating. Given the state of the world and our community, there were probably a whole lot more than that but these were the kids that everyone knows have big challenges. They participated. They had a grand time. And I hope that everyone who helped in this effort knows how much the event means to the kids. It wouldn't have happened without a lot of people working together. It was a big deal and it doesn't happen every where. But it does happen here.
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