18 years ago, Joy Bridges made one of the first of many sacrifices in her life as a mother when the then 18-year-old had to miss her senior prom because she was seven months pregnant.
Bridges was sad to not be able to go to her senior prom, but being a mother came first that night, and 18 years later, her son Jah’Vontae Smith and her other children still come first no matter what the occasion. Smith knew it wasn’t always easy for his mother, so he decided to ask his mom to prom so she could finally have the special night she deserved.
“I don’t have my dad in my life,” Smith said. “But she’s always been there and I appreciate that. I didn’t always see it when I was younger, but I see it now and I just wanted to do something special for her because she’s always doing special things for me.”
At first, Bridges didn’t take her son seriously, but as the prom approached, he gave her money to buy a prom dress and went with her to pick it out. “I felt honored,” Bridges said. “It was an amazing feeling, it still is. He was really proud, and it’s still making me feel so good that he wanted to do that and share that with me.”
Bridges was petrified of looking ridiculous all dressed up with a bunch of teenagers, but when they arrived at the pre-prom event to take pictures, she fit right in. “That’s my mom,” Smith said. “She’s always going to be by my side. My high school prom, I’m always going to look back at that and remember that I went with my mom. I would have turned anybody down for her.”
At the end of the pre-prom event, Bridges decided to call it a night and let her son go enjoy his night with friends, as her son had already done more than enough for her.
“All of my life I’ve been told that a woman can’t raise a man,” Bridges said. “In my eyes, my son has turned into a beautiful, perfect young man and the way he treats me, whoever is his wife someday is going to go get a great husband. For anyone who said a woman can’t raise a man, I think I just proved them all wrong.”
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