When I asked my mom to be my prom date, it didn’t feel like a grand gesture—just a small way to give something back. She became a mother at seventeen and gave up everything that usually comes with youth: carefree plans, college dreams, even her own prom. She raised me alone, working exhausting jobs and carrying sacrifices she rarely talked…
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