This is my prom picture from May 1989. I can tell you this was not an easy road to get here but certainly worth it. Every girl should feel like Cinderella at least one day in her life. I did.
As most teenage girls do, I searched teen magazines looking for the type of dress I wanted. My mom and I went to Conway one day looking for a dress. Well we went into this little shop and there it was, 'the dress.' It had a ridiculous price tag on it so I said 'let me just try it on for fun.' Well that's all it took, my mom was sold on it.
So now I have the boyfriend and the dress, I'm all set for prom or so I thought. About a month before the big day, I came home from school with a fever. It quickly got worse with each hour that passed. My parents took me to the ER where I was admitted with my first ever episode of pneumonia. They drained A LOT of fluid off my lungs and started me on IV antibiotics. I was in the hospital about 5 days. I can't remember how much school I missed but I think 2-3 weeks. So would I be well enough and strong enough to go to prom? You can bet your bottom dollar on it. It wasn't even a question in my mind.
We had dinner at Steak n Ale and then the prom was at Holiday Inn in W. Little Rock. Even tho I thought I'd win but didn't, I felt like the prom queen that night.
As my friend Twylia says "He didn't promise us an easy life...He promised us help to live it."
You are beautiful! Love the dress!! Emma wants to know if you still have it - she wants to wear it to the princess party :)
ReplyDeleteYou WERE the prom queen....they just didn't know it! How BEAUTIFUL you are and how GORGEOUS is that dress! I am sure it was worth every penny for the sweet memories it continues to bring back even now. You are one of the most persevering people I know, Angie. You run every race....you fight every fight....all for your good and His glory...even though I know it must be so very difficult at times. Thanks so much for the "convicting break" this week...although I always need it! Enjoying your old pics and old memories so very much. Love you, T.
ReplyDeleteWell, I hardly know what more to say than what Twylia and Charity have already said. Indeed, you were and are beautiful-inside and out. I can think of no one with rarer beauty than I see in you, Angie. The beauty of a gentle and quiet (forced maybe, but quiet:) spirit, the kind of beauty that never fades is what I see in you. And the dress--Oh, my, what a dress! Thanks for sharing with us. It is such a delight to go back with you in time and see who you were and who you have become.
ReplyDeleteAngie, AWESOME!, is all I can think of to say!!! You were & are beautiful inside & out!!! You're the only queen I've ever had the privilege to know. I am blessed to have you for a dear friend. <3<3<3
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ReplyDeleteYou were and still are beautiful. I could see God working everything out for you for this prom. It was an exciting time for you and I both to find "the dress". Even though now it doesn't seem like it was all that expensive, back then it did but we both thought it was perfect and I am so glad we got it and you got to go to the prom. Actually I think the prom helped you get well--you had such determination to go. I still remember it was a scary time for us when you got so sick so quickly--but again God provided.
Love,
Mom
Angie! I love seeing this picture and hearing about your prom. It is and you are beautiful! Love you! I wish I read these posts everyday!! Betsy
ReplyDeleteAngie, this is soo pretty, you look like a Southern Belle! You inspire me so much with your relationship with Christ, praying for you!
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thanks everyone for the wonderful comments. i think cameras worked alot better back then. lol
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