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Period. Normally used as punctuation to end a sentence. However, I’m writing about the other commonly used meaning of the word, menstruation in the female of our species.

I was told the other day over text by my ex wife that our daughter, “is no longer a little girl.”

I’ve missed her significantly, as I haven’t seen her in over 3 weeks now. It could be why I’ve been feeling so down lately.

With my oldest daughter, mum was the word on the subject of her growing up. I wasn’t to know anything. With my youngest, things are different. It’s okay for dad to know. She’ll always be my little girl, but she’s now onto adolescence.

I’m nervous and scared at the same time. I just hope she knows that she doesn’t have to hide this part of her life with her old man.