Selma Blairis holding her son close amid herjourney with multiple sclerosis.
The 47-year-old actress shared a sweet new selfie with her son, Arthur, 8, as she thanked her friends and followers for their support after sharingan emotional post about the chronic neurological diseaseearlier this week.
“The old me was ashamed,” she continued. “Ashamed to be so transparent with vulnerability or fear. And I wanted to delete the image. The heart bruised words. But you all changed that with your words of support. I was humbled … Maybe I will print and put in a book for when I need it again.”
Blair added that she “failed as a mom a million times yesterday” but “Arthur was fine.”
“The world didn’t stop,” she wrote, adding, “I cried. He laughed. He played a fishing video for me. We slept and woke and he took this. He is golden. Alive. Happy.”
“Thank you universe. I will get there. Have patience. Thank you. All of us. Be gentle. With ourselves and others. It is a wonderful feeling. Thank you to everyone here and in my life who did that for me the last few days. I can do this now. 🖤,” she concluded, adding the hashtag “#walkingeachotherhome.”
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“You can TOTALLY do this,”Sarah Michelle Gellarwrote, whileJennifer Garneradded, “Beautiful girl. Beautiful boy.”
“You are a magnificent mom,”Debra Messingsaid. “You are a luminous soul. You are strong and brave and vulnerable and oh so loved. Holding you in my heart.”
Earlier this week, theLegally Blondeactress shared a close-up image of her legs in the bathon Instagram, while opening up about her struggle with insomnia following a painful, two-month-long treatment course of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Last week, Blair showed off her newly-shaved headas she announced that she was returning home after the intense round of treatment.
“He’s had to endure a lot; he’s seen a lot,” she said, including watching her fall downstairs or rush to a bathroom when she’s feeling sick.
But Arthur doesn’t view his mom’s weaknesses negatively.
“He says, ‘Mommy’s not sick. Mommy’s brave,'” Blair shared.
The actress added that living well for her son is the driving force that keeps her motivated in the best way.
“This is it. The only life we get,” Blair said. “My disease isn’t a tragedy, but I tell myself, ‘You’re going to live in a way that would be an example for yourself and your son.'”
source: people.com
