A Matriarchal Mystery

 

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Okay, so I was sitting here thinking more about that whole “all the women in my family had their first babies at 19” thing...I realized something that gave me full-body chills.

I was wrong. Kind of.

See, at first, I thought the number 19 was tied to the firstborn child in every generation. But when I looked closer, it wasn’t about firstborns at all.
It was about firstborn daughters.

Let me explain.

My grandmother had a baby before she had my mom. A boy. He died in infancy. I never met him, but I always knew about him. Her second child, my mama, was born when my grandma was 19.

My mama? She gave birth to my brother just one month before her 19th birthday. So technically, she was 18. And I wasn’t the firstborn. I wasn’t the one who kept the pattern going. The 19 didn’t land on me.

But here’s where it gets spooky.

My sister had a baby girl at 19.
That girl, my niece, had a baby girl at 19.
And that girl had her baby girl…at 19.

That’s three generations of women, mothers giving birth to daughters, all at the age of 19.

So now I’m sitting here like, “Hold up...

this isn't a general pattern. This is a woman’s thing. A daughter’s thing.” The number doesn’t show up for the boys. It only marks the girls.

And honestly? That makes it even deeper. Because if it was random, it would’ve hit somebody’s son by now. But it hasn’t. It’s been whispering to the daughters, generation after generation.

It’s like this number is braided into the women in my line. And not just the number, but the timing. Nineteen is such a delicate, dangerous age...young, grown-ish, full of fire, still finding yourself. That’s when motherhood shows up, ready or not.

It’s got me wondering if this is a blessing or a burden. 

Maybe it’s both.

Maybe it’s a spell that’s been passed down womb to womb, daughter to daughter, all this time.

I don’t know if it’ll happen again. I don’t know if it’s waiting for another girl down the line. But I know this...it isn't random. And I don't think it's finished with us yet.

What do you think?
Ever seen something pass down through only the women in your family?
Ever felt like something skipped the boys entirely?

I’d love to hear your story. Because, this number?
She came for the girls.

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Love & Light

Angela