Melissa's Diary

Melissa’s Diary!!

Thursday 30th November

Hi diary! I know you’ve been lying around since last Christmas collecting dust but I thought you were just a useless gift from Aunt Betty. Sorry, but can you blame me when the year before she got me a pack of coat-hanger covers? Ha! Bless her.
The thing is, this morning I had a really big problem and I couldn’t tell Mum because it was SO embarrassing! I was getting ready for school when I realised I’d started my first period. Hunting through my cupboard to find the introductory pads Mum bought me when I was nine years old (why I’ll never know!); I came across you – my diary. Who better to tell my problems to than you! I was suddenly thanking Aunt Betty in my head and wishing I’d have been more grateful after she gave me a stripy green book ( I was secretly wishing for the latest Brad Pitt movie to drool over, so I was a little shocked and disappointed! )
Now I’ve got my first problem off my chest, I can think of a thousan...