The Denver Post: A Prom To Live For

This is a really cool story:

The teens, most of whom know each other from ski camp or monthly get- togethers organized by Children's, snacked on chips and pop and dug through each other's bags for lipstick. They chatted about normal girl stuff: boyfriends who push too far and vegetarianism and tattoos. About how some high school girls are so judgmental at other proms.

But this prom, they said, is different. Having cancer as a kid "just completely changes who you are, because you have a completely different set of priorities," says Krahl, now a Colorado State University student. "The little things high school kids go through, when you hear them complain about how they are dressed or their hair, and you don't even have hair, that just kind of puts you in a different place."

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