I’m glad that the baby won’t struggle in the ways I have. I feel happy for them. Then consider if I shouldn’t. Afterward, I’m sad for the life experience they’ll miss out on. That they’ll never know how existing in a body that the world is not designed to accommodate can create so many avenues of empathy for others who are experiencing the same thing for a variety of reasons. The determination and the resilience that come from that. The community it cultivates. The unique bond we could have shared.
