“I got my period,” I told my family as I entered the door coming home from work.  I wanted them to know, so they’d cut me some slack (and perhaps be extra nice to me). Oh how soon they forget.  Rather than repeating myself over and over --“I have my period.  Would you please let me have some space?” --I came up with an idea:   a Moondays flag that you set out as a signal to let your family know you’re on your moon.  If they forget, simply wave the flag.  It seems to work really well.  It also serves a visual reminder for me to honor my cycle and has become part of my monthly ritual.

I decided to use white as the body of the flag fabric to symbolize purity and surrender.  I see it as surrender to the natural cycle we are part of, going with the “flow” so to speak.  It reminds me of the Mexican euphemism for menstruation: “me baja.”  This came from the original “me baja la regla” or I’m under the “rule,” the rule being the law of nature that brings on our monthly cycles.   I added a red ribbon to symbolize the flow of blood, some silver and red glass beads and a charm of a crescent moon with an angel resting on it.  It comes with a base so you can stand it up, a pretty white organza bag to store it in and instructions in case you’d like to give one as a gift.  May it serve you well.

Here's a link to the flags: http://tinyurl.com/yjfeqdk