"I choose to dream for a world where Akira is accepted for exactly who he is. I dream for a world where Akira has equal opportunities, and believe that it is more than OK to shoot wildly for the stars because the universe is beautiful, mysterious, and belongs to no one and everyone regardless of abilities."
Photo by Chris Kantrowitz What We Know About My Son, Akira, And How I Live With What We Don’t Snowpiercer’ s Mickey Sumner on her passage to motherhood, and living with an unclear diagnosis for her 4-year-old son, Akira. by Mickey Sumner and Taylor Harris April 19, 2021 Este texto foi copiado do site romper.com: https://www.romper.com/parenting/what-i-know Before Akira arrived, like any pregnant woman having their first child, I had so many preconceived ideas about what motherhood would be like and what my child would be like. I would be a mother who wouldn’t need help, who wouldn’t buy plastic toys and who wouldn’t wear sweatpants all day. When I was pregnant, I didn’t want to know the baby’s gender; I would be ecstatic regardless. Around my fifth month, I thought that my OB-GYN had accidentally told me I was having a girl. I shared the news with my husband. We decided to keep it a surprise until the birth. But everyone told me I was having a boy. E...