Last year was Senior Ball and I never realized how selfish I was about this. My family has been struggling since my dad's health problems. We have very little money and I was such a brat and complained about getting the ticket and dress etc. It is so sad to think that the beautiful dress will not be used again. Maybe someone's wedding? I was looking at this site and thought it was such a beautiful idea.
http://www.princessproject.org/index.html this is a place in the bay area where girls can recieve free dresses. How awesome is that. I wish I knew about this. Prom = LOTS OF MONEY from the dress to the ticket to the limo to the dinner my god! The guys were sweet and paid for our dinner, but I just think about how much my parents paid for senior year and I just want to cry. The Senior Pictures, the Senior Picnic, AP test, Class Ring which I lost when trying to keep it clean and throwing it away by accident in a huge dumpster and the trash man had already taken it away, prom, graduation cap and gown, graduation dinner, small party, I just feel so horrible thinking about how selfish I was. I love my parents more than anything in the world, and I know oneday I will make it up to them. I will become a PhD insha'allah and make enough money to take care of my family and friends. I pray every night for the economy to change. It is sick how much money runs your life. Especially if you don't have any. Yes I have so much financial aid and pay only a few thousand for school, but that is still a few thousand. I am just sick of the concept of money.