Coming of Age Celebration: With Belly Dance

Aunt Cynthia recognized that it was
time. Something special was in order
for her niece Melissa to mark the
changes taking place in her life. Her
niece was no longer a child; something

new was being born out of the kernel.
A beautiful intelligent young women of
sixteen was lifting her face to the light.
So Cynthia asked for a list of Melissa's
closest girlfriends and added to it the

names of a few female relatives.
Cynthia sent them all invitations to
spend the afternoon together and
celebrate Melissa's rite of passage into
womanhood.