The world had just gone into the first COVID-19 lockdown in the Spring of 2020, which happened to be my last semester of high school. Everyone refers to the class of 2020 as the “unlucky” class, the “robbed” class, or even the “cursed” class. As a member of this class, I wasn’t able to experience many of the important milestones people often associate with high school graduation. Every day I was balancing feelings of gratitude, grief, guilt, and confusion. Gratitude that my family was remaining healthy amidst all of the dangers the pandemic brought, grief about the loss of normalcy and missed experiences, guilt that I was grieving such trivial things when people were losing their lives every day, and confusion about all of the unknowns the future held. What would a new normal look like? How long would all of this last? And mostly, what do I do with myself to fill the time? To reconcile these unknowns and grapple with feelings of grief over a phantom ending to my high school experience, I decided to embark on a challenging sewing project. I had always planned on sewing my prom dress, a desire fueled by inspiration from Pretty in Pink, my love of vintage party dresses, and my urge to challenge myself to create something I was truly proud of. At the time, I was unsure of whether there would even be a prom, but I wanted to make the time meaningful regardless. I couldn’t experience these rituals in person, so I reflected upon them, and this chapter of my life, creatively.