Coming-of-Age Ceremony for your Daughter’s Menarche

“The epoch passage from little girl into woman is not celebrated in our culture. It is not commemorated in a special ceremony like a confirmation, a bat mitzvah, or a wedding.

At a time in our lives when we are, really, still little girls, needing guidance and nurturance and assurance about what is happening to us and where we are going and what it all means, we get very little of any of that unless we have extraordinary parents. And even for very wise parents, it is not easy to pluck a ritual out of the air when your culture is so ambivalent and confused about the passage between being a little girl and becoming a woman.” (D. Eden)

Well, this practical guide is meant to do just that – give you step-by-step instructions on how to create a gentle and fun ceremony for your daughter’s menarche!