March 25 - Marie started her period today!! I can't believe it, she is only nine. This cannot be natural. I have always noticed that her body developed faster than most of her friends but I never thought this would happen. She is very confused. At nine she is just starting to brush her hair without a fight, she is still a little girl. She doesn't understand why she is going through something that none of …showed first 75 words of 3512 total…

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