Comments on: My Little Red Book Giveaway http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/05/my-little-red-book-giveaway/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bethie http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/05/my-little-red-book-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-7599 Bethie Thu, 13 May 2010 17:11:14 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2497#comment-7599 Please count me in. I remember getting it for the first time in school and calling my mom to come get me. When we came home all the female neighbors were at our house to "celebrate"! Please count me in. I remember getting it for the first time in school and calling my mom to come get me. When we came home all the female neighbors were at our house to “celebrate”!

]]> By: Jenna http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/05/my-little-red-book-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-7597 Jenna Wed, 12 May 2010 23:35:14 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2497#comment-7597 I remember talking to my mom about it, but thinking I wouldn't get it until I was a teen since she got hers at 16.... so imagine my surprise when one summer morning before SWIM practice, I see that I started my period- the summer before 6th grade! I didn't go to swim practice and wore a pad and felt miserable and strange and embarassed. Then I woke up the next day, decided that it was womanhood and that was great- told my mom to let me use a tampon because I wasn't missing swim again, and that was that! I may not be a mom, but Id love the book for that day.. and because I teach middle school kids who live at our facility and don't have homes, Id love to give those girls advice. I remember talking to my mom about it, but thinking I wouldn’t get it until I was a teen since she got hers at 16…. so imagine my surprise when one summer morning before SWIM practice, I see that I started my period- the summer before 6th grade! I didn’t go to swim practice and wore a pad and felt miserable and strange and embarassed. Then I woke up the next day, decided that it was womanhood and that was great- told my mom to let me use a tampon because I wasn’t missing swim again, and that was that!

I may not be a mom, but Id love the book for that day.. and because I teach middle school kids who live at our facility and don’t have homes, Id love to give those girls advice.

]]> By: Kerrie Mayans http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/05/my-little-red-book-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-7591 Kerrie Mayans Tue, 11 May 2010 23:41:47 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2497#comment-7591 I don't really remember starting mine at all. I think it was the summer before I entered high school and I definitely remember being the last of my friends to start but as for the circumstances, I have no recollection of that. I don’t really remember starting mine at all. I think it was the summer before I entered high school and I definitely remember being the last of my friends to start but as for the circumstances, I have no recollection of that.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/05/my-little-red-book-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-7590 Brenda Tue, 11 May 2010 23:40:09 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2497#comment-7590 I remember asking my mom if she had any idea when I might start, since I was 12 and hadn't started yet. She said, "Well, I was 13, your grandma was 13, and your great-grandma was 13, so 13 is a pretty good guess." Sure enough, two weeks after my 13th birthday I was using the facilities and thought, "Huh - guess I started my period." I went and told my mom, and I can't remember what exactly I asked her during the conversation - something about if she thought it was an exciting now-I-am-a-woman sort of moment. She just sighed and said, "Actually, it's mostly just kind of a pain." And she was pretty much right. ;) I started my period for the first time on September 1, started eighth grade on September 2, and got braces on September 3. It was a busy week. I remember asking my mom if she had any idea when I might start, since I was 12 and hadn’t started yet. She said, “Well, I was 13, your grandma was 13, and your great-grandma was 13, so 13 is a pretty good guess.” Sure enough, two weeks after my 13th birthday I was using the facilities and thought, “Huh – guess I started my period.” I went and told my mom, and I can’t remember what exactly I asked her during the conversation – something about if she thought it was an exciting now-I-am-a-woman sort of moment. She just sighed and said, “Actually, it’s mostly just kind of a pain.” And she was pretty much right. ;)

I started my period for the first time on September 1, started eighth grade on September 2, and got braces on September 3. It was a busy week.

]]> By: Jill http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2010/05/my-little-red-book-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-7579 Jill Sat, 08 May 2010 16:10:20 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=2497#comment-7579 It was no big deal to me when I started...but my mom cried! That was funny. It was no big deal to me when I started…but my mom cried! That was funny.

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