My name is Bridget. You can call me Bee.
I just started Year Seven, and weird things are happening to my body. Whether I like it, or not.
I don’t.
Last week, my stepmum Kath left a book on my bed with a note:
Bee, I read this when I was your age. It helped. Kx
The book is called Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by an American author called Judy Blume.
I really wish Kath would stop giving me books from the dark ages, especially ones about puberty.
I read it, and I’ll admit some parts are actually funny, even if it was written in 1970 –when my dad wasn’t born.
But Margaret had it all wrong. Who would pray to get their period and want to wear a bra?
I’m devoted to Buddha – a wise teacher who lived in northern India about 2600 years ago.
Buddha is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘a person who is awake’.
I think that means Buddha is woke.
Buddha’s technically a boy, but he looks like a girl, with full lips, beautiful headdress and flowing robes.
So, I’ve decided Buddha is a She. I hope that’s okay.
Did you know Buddhism is the world’s fourth-largest religion? ere are over 520 million followers.
One of them is my mum.
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