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Un-invited: How could she?

Dear Mel, I’m a 15 year old girl in my sophomore year of high school. Recently, my best friend turned 15. Her family is from Spain so they held  Quincenera for her, a ceremony commonly held in Spanish speaking countries for a girl’s 15th birthday. I was invited to be in her ‘court’, a very... Read more »

By Melanie Stone,
November 29, 2009 at 11:07 am

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