Fairy PROM mother
Picking my daughter Sophie, then 15, up from school, she chatted to me about her day.
‘Can I go to prom, Mum?’ Sophie asked.
Last summer, Sophie was in her final term at school.
‘Yes, of course you can!’ I said.
As an exam invigilator, I was used to hearing the buzz of prom around school.
It was the talk of the town in the spring and summer months.
‘What colour dress do you want?’ students would ask each other.
‘I’m getting a limo!’ they’d say.
Prom is like a rite of passage for 16-year-olds.
It signifies the end of exams, end of school – it’s exciting for everyone!
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