Letter to my daughter on her first period
Dear Daughter I am happy to be by your side as you deal with an important milestone in your life with mixed emotions. Welcome to the lovely-ugly world of periods. Your monthly visitor will now keep coming to you around 360 times. It may visit you irregularly but will not leave you completely for the next 30 or so years. Now, that is really a pretty long time. So, it is always good to develop a working relationship with this monthly friend. The period will not miss visiting you on its own. But you may decide not to have it. This little friend is choosy and attention-seeking. It doesn't visit you when you love someone deeply and when you have a little permanent visitor inside you. It is during pregnancy and lactation that you will not have your periods. Apart from that, your monthly friend will pay its due visit diligently. Welcome it with joy every time. We adjust a bit here and there when our loved ones visit us, don't we? This is because we cherish their company. Periods are a...