Adolescence

  If I’ve learned anything since my kids have become infested with foot-stomping, door-slamming hormones (said with much love), it’s that there’s one trick all parents must keep up their sleeve at all times: TENACITY. Stick to your guns and I can’t promise that you won’t feel like running away from home until your teens …

No, this isn’t going to be about punctuation. Nor does it have anything to do with history.  It’s about that other kind of period. The one that I was so excited about before it started. The one I couldn’t wait to get. I was practically hopping up and down, waiting for this undeniable sign of womanhood. I …