Inside jokes, sobbing, laughing, more sobbing, sunburns, sharing clothes, school crushes, passing notes, braiding hair, passing tampons between bathroom stalls (lots of passing things apparently), birthday parties, playing “mermaids”, sneaking out, awkward first kiss, awkward second kiss, swimming pools, football games, stomachaches, trampolines, hot summers, vodka strawberries, creek stomping, soccer practice, push up bras, binge drinking, kissing on the cheek, kissing on the mouth, long phone calls, break up texts, twin bed, CD players, squeezing in the back seat, holding hands, “I love you” goodbyes…

girlhood is both a time in one’s life and a state of being.