The 1994 Initiation.
It was the summer of 1994 that marked the haves from the have nots, meaning the girls who were lucky enough to come face-to-face with puberty and then the rest of us. Training bras were secretly worshiped out of the corner of shy eyes, as gossip of impending body changes and accompanying garments dominated late-night bunk-mate conversation long after the counselors supposedly went to sleep. And then it happened-a girl (in my cabin) actually got her period for the first time ever as we cheered her on through envious stares, wrote home with her exciting news, and calculated our own biological clocks in hopes of hearing, at minimal, an occasional tick. Enjoy!
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At Seventeen, sung by Janis Ian, says it all. Even in my old age, it touches a chord every time I hear it.
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