Selma Blair‘s little boy is moving on to second grade — and she couldn’t be prouder.
“To my son on his last day of first grade. I will hold your hand, I will help hold the light for you. I will lift you up if ever you need me,” she began thetouching social-media tributeto Arthur, her only child. “You are my favorite person and have taught me everything I know about love.”
“I am so proud of who you are. I can’t wait to reach for your hand,” Blair continued. “And you will be right here. Soon. Soon. Always, your mom. You are a wonderful person.”
She ended the post with heart emojis and a series of hashtags: “#arthursaintbleick,” “#Fbf,” “#givemeyourhand,” “#childrengetolderandimgettingoldertoo” and “#sotakethislove.”
Blair revealed in October that she had beendiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and has since been open about how the condition has affected her day-to-day life, including her dynamic with her son.
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“After the MRI, I said, ‘I have something called multiple sclerosis,’ and he almost cried and said, ‘Will it kill you?’ ” theAmerican Crime Storyactress toldRobin Robertsin a February sit-down forGood Morning America— her first television interview since revealing her diagnosis.
“And I said, ‘No. I mean, we never know what kills us, Arthur. But this isnot the doctor telling me I’m dying,’ ” recalled Blair. “And he was like, ‘Oh. Okay!’ ”
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Blair shared with Roberts that she didn’t have a problem “at all” being honest with her only child about her condition, especially considering he sensed on his own that things had changed.
“Ialways want him to feel safe, never responsible for me, but he had already seen that I was falling and doing [different] things, and I was always laughing,” she said.
“And he’d imitate me,” added theCruel Intentionsactress. “I’d be like, ‘That’s fine, but don’t do that [outside] of the house. People will think you’re a jerk.’ ”
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Blair brought Arthur along as her date to the 26th annualRace to Erase MS gala last month, where she was being honored. While on the red carpet, the pair held hands as they posed for some adorable mother-son photos, with Blair rocking a customChristian Sirianotuxedo with a black cane.
As she took to the stage inside the event, the proud mother shared that her son “is the reason for everything.”
“I have to say that I am afraid that I will fall, and Ihave the best ‘fall-bearers’ in the world,” she continued, praising her son as well as her longtime palSarah Michelle Gellar.
“My dream is that I get to be a useful mom, as long as this kid wants me,” she shared at the conclusion of her remarks after leaning down to pick up her son, before joking, “which is about one more year.”
source: people.com
