1st period

I was 13 years old when I got my first monthly. i knew it was to be coming sometime soon given my age. So it came and I recognized it for what it was. I told my mom reluctantly. She was so excited! That just intensified my embarrassment because I was kind of disgusted with it. When we headed upstairs to get some "supplies" my mother was beaming with excitement and exclaimed very giddely: "Isn't this EXCITING!!??" I can still feel that embarrassing disgust that I felt back then when I picture that very moment when my mom was beside herself with excitement.

Later my mom told me about the way she informed my dad about my new womanhood. She apparently said to him: "Guess what!!!!?? Your daughter has become a young LADY today!!!" By this time I felt sick because it was all so overwhelming and my mom's excitement was so uncomfortable back then. I can laugh at it now of course.

Just when I thought the excitement had died down on my mother's part the next morning, when i was heading out to catch the bus to school she said, "You're going to school all grown up now." That seems like no big deal today, but back then it felt like she was rubbing it in and I just cringed.