Ghana A • Pakistan • 18
Before I start, I'd like to thank my mother for the fact that even before my first period came, she had taught me all the basics: Like how to prepare your undies, how to keep the position right, how to keep them clean after a long day, and the pad thing, she'd taught me with a cloth. She had done all this without ever explaining to me why she was teaching me this.
It was the winter of the year 2011. One week before my period came, and one of my classmates had already recounted me the whole story of her sister's oncoming, while also acquainting me.