tw: menstruation

I was twelve. I remember going to the bathroom one night before bed and I looked down, and saw a little bit of red. I found a pad in the cupboard under the sink and went to bed. I didn’t bring it up to my mom at all that I started my period. I didn’t want her or anyone to make a big deal of it. I remember the next day my mom asked me if I had started my period, since she had noticed the empty packaging in the garbage and I was so embarrassed to talk about it. I’m not embarrassed anymore, now I embrace it because it’s a beautiful thing and I love that my body is healthy enough to do this great thing every month.

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