Mom deployed overseas?

High school proms are often an important bonding experience for mothers and daughters: shopping for that perfect dress and choosing the right hairdo and makeup together.

If you're a high schooler getting ready for your first prom and whose military mother has been deployed, we want to hear from you.

How are you preparing for prom without mom?

Are you and your mother still planning for it via e-mail or snail mail?

Who will zip up your dress and make sure your curls are perfectly in place on that special day?

Tell us — as soon as possible, for an Advertiser story — what it's like to get ready for your first high school prom when mom is half a world away.

Share your story with us: Contact Zenaida Serrano Espanol at zespanol@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-8174.