Regina King shares how she connects with her late son, Ian Alexander Jr., by reading his journals. She treasures these moments as they keep his memory alive. His artistic expressions inspired her new orange wine brand, MianU, which symbolically incorporates her son's name. King received positive validation from her manager about the wine label design, reflecting her son’s creative spirit. She also notes that despite accessing mental health support, Ian rarely communicated his struggles with depression, maintaining a close spiritual bond with him.
I have all of Ian's journals. And when I'm kind of in a meditative space of connecting with him, I'll sometimes read. I savor the moments because I don't want to ever finish reading his journals.
The wine's name itself, King told Parade, is a tribute to her son: His name appears in the middle of the letters M for 'me' and 'U' for 'you.'
One day I'm reading, and he just had an 'M' drawn in there so beautifully. It kind of looks like a music note on one end.
Ian and I, we talk so much. And, you know, from going to all the therapists and psychiatrists, he never presented that (side of him, but) w.
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