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SO OKAY, I REMEMBER BEING A LITTLE GIRL AND HAVING MY EARS PIERCED FROM BIRTH. SO GROWING UP, IVE ALWAYS HAD DIAMOND OR EMERALD (MY BIRTHSTONE) STUDS IN MY EAR. AND AS A RITE OF PASSAGE, I WAS ALLOWED FOR MY 11TH BIRTHDAY A PAIR OF HOOP EARRINGS ....I WAS OVERJOYED, THAT YEAR I HAD BECAME A WOMAN (LOL)AND MY MOTHER HAD TAKEN NOTICE. IN THAT YEAR I HAD STARTED MY MENSES AND HAD BEEN GIVEN GOLDEN HOOPS, NOT TO MENTION MY NAME PLATE NECKLACE AND REAL BRA....I CAN ACTUALLY REMEMBER THE SMELL AND THE NAME OF MY TEEN SPIRIT DEODORANT (TROPICAL BREEZE) IT WAS A GOOD FEELING . I ALSO REMEMBER GROWING UP AND BECOMING 18 AND MY MOTHER GIVING ME DIAMOND STUDS AS A RITE OF PASSAGE TO BECOMING A LADY. ITS FUNNY HOW THINGS IN OUR LIFE GO BACK AND FOURTH, LIKE NOW I AM A MARRIED WOMAN OF A CERTAIN AGE AND NOW I WEAR MY DIAMOND STUDS AND TO BE DARING & FUNKY I WEAR MY DIAMOND HOOPS (OF COURSE NOT TOO BIG) BUT REMEMBER GOING THROUGH THE FAZE OF THE BIG HUGE DOOR KNOCKERS AND EVEN IN NON-GHETTO DAYS THE EARRINGS THAT MATCHED THE OUTFITS. I GUESS ONE DAY WE JUST ALL GROW UP!
