Solange Knowles has experienced profound emotions in raising her son Julez over the years. On October 18, 2004, she gave birth to him at just 18 years old. She shares Julez with her teenage sweetheart, Daniel Julez Smith. They tied the knot when Knowles was 17, and she relocated to Idaho where Smith was in school, raising Julez there in his early
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years. In a 2017 Elle cover story, the singer revealed, “It was one of the most bittersweet moments of my life because I was so in love with Julez, and having spent a lot of time on the road, I yearned to be in one place, to have the opportunity to really ground myself with him.” However, she added, “But it was isolating and lonely, and so cold and dark. And it was just Julez and me most of the time. It was hard to imagine being able to progress in my career in any way.” Knowles and Smith divorced a couple of years later.
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That same year, Knowles wrote a moving letter to her teenage self for Teen Vogue, where she noted that “seventeen will be the hardest year of your life.” She detailed her anxieties looking ahead, writing, “You will be terrified, and it’s ok that you don’t know what the future holds.” However, she included a positive affirmation about her choice to have Julez at a young age, adding that she “made the decision out of love.
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