06/22/2026
People often ask about the wheelchair.
About the diagnosis.
About what the future might look like.
And while I know those questions come from curiosity, they’re rarely the first things that come to my mind when I think about my son.
I think about his laugh.
The way his eyes light up when he talks about something he loves.
The dreams he still holds close to his heart.
The little moments that make me stop and think, “I couldn’t be more proud of you.”
Ibrahim is living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but he is so much more than DMD.
So the next time you meet a child with a disability, be curious about who they are before you’re curious about their condition.
You might discover that the most beautiful part of their story has nothing to do with their diagnosis at all. 💙