The Family Heirloom

To the eyes of others is something valuable, something they "wish" they had, a gift. For my family and me is something we did not chose or wanted, it just happened to end up with us. Do not get it wrong, I am not being ungrateful and I'm not talking about anything with great monetary value. I'm talking about the ability to sense, hear, see and feel anything and everything related to the paranormal. It ended in my family's hands many generations ago. Probably even before than I think...I could only track it back so far. But regardless of it not having a great monetary or sentimental value it has remained with us and it keeps being passed on generation after generation.

 That is exactly what I meant when I previously said it was a family thing. I'm not the only "gifted" in my family, the only reason for my "gift" is the family I was born into, my genes. Just like any other heirloom the "gift", as I shall call it, it's passed from generation to generation to a female. If there happens to be more than one than all of them will get it but one will be dominant and will have the opportunity to develop it to its full potential. Also, none of the previous holders of the gift will lose any abilities, that is the major difference with conventional heirlooms.

 In my case, it happened because I come from a long line of "gifted" people and another one of sensitives. My paternal family has sensitives, my dad is one. My maternal family, including my mom, are gifted. I just had nowhere to run. Both, my mom and dad, have experienced countless things throughout their lives and both like to pretend like nothing happened. Although my mom comes from a line of "gifted" females her abilities are not dominant. I don't know who was the dominant from my great-grandma, or the generations before that but I know the later ones. My grandma is the dominant of her generation, my aunt (mom's sister) is the dominant, and from my generation, to this day, I seem to be the dominant. However, things can change since I'm still waiting for the outcome of two baby girl cousins I have. I have more younger cousins that were born into the my maternal family but they were not born to a gifted female but to a male therefore the heirloom does not go to them. Weird right?

 Those are the rules to inherit the heirloom, be a female born to a gifted female. I, satisfactorily, met both requirements. The moment I was born my parents should have known my fate. I mean, I was born at 8 months of gestation. Actually, I was pulled out of my mother because I stopped getting oxygen. I was also super tiny, so much that I had to be fed with a syringe because my mouth was too tiny. I did not need to be in an incubator or had any other health issues. I was out of the hospital in 48 hours. I walked and started to speak when I was only 7 months. My first word was not mom or dad but "bitch". I was never an ordinary child.

 Anyways, the dominants from each generation always have the most experiences. Later I will share some of my aunt's and grandma's and of course my very own. If you were given the choice, would you choose being "gifted"?