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My parents are divorced and I was at my dad’s house when I got it. I remember hollering for my stepmom from the bathroom. She came in, opened the cabinet, tossed me a tampon, and left the room.
I had to waddle over to the cabinet with my pants around my ankles to grab the little information packet from the box and figure out what to do with the tampon she’d tossed me.
The most important day in school: State Test Day. It was a very important day for our 4th grade lives, the State Test. I was walking back to class after lunch when a pain like no other hit the pit of my stomach. "running cramp," I thought, after we were walking back from lunch recess. I arrived in class sitting down on my chair. While opening my computer to resume the test again, I had a feeling like I was peeing. I didn't think much of it, thinking that it was from drinking too much milk at lunch. I was wrong because you know what? It happened again!
I secretly peeked inside my underwear being prepared to see that I wet myself but I didn't. Instead I saw the reddest red I had ever seen. My eyes widened in shock, my heart felt like it left my soul. I quickly went to the bathroom, shutting the door behind me. I sat on the toilet being ready to see the monstrosity I have created.
I pulled my pants down to clean up the mess. Blood was covering every inch of my underwear and my shorts were drenched in a bloody mess. The bathroom was a small and cramped space making my breath heavier and shakier. My mind was going through so many things, " period. I started my period. TODAY! TODAY IS STATE TEST DAY!"
I was about to get up but I sat back down. I thought of all the things that were going to change... me, my parents, my classmates. People will start acting differently around me, maybe even tease me. I didn't want to be embarrassed or have people making fun of me. Then a thought struck... "every girl gets it. I don't need to be ashamed about getting something that millions of girls got or will get." I chose to be someone who will not be shameful about her period, I chose to be proud, someone who will be prideful in herself.
It was my 12th birthday and I had a sleepover with my friends. We all got up to get ready in the morning. I used the bathroom and as I was about to flush, I noticed some blood in the toilet.
I immediately checked my underpants and I realized that I had just gotten my first period. Happy birthday to me I guess?!
