Sterling K. Brown
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When she was within the first couple of months.
And then Ariel survived.
So Ariel and Robert are my little brother and sister.
Arlene's been through it.
Arlene Brown currently lives with ALS.
Has been living with it for about eight years, since 2018.
An exercise in grace under the most extraordinary circumstances.
We can't talk anymore because she can't verbalize, but she can react and smile.
I say, mom, look at the clock if you like this or look this way if you want that or whatnot.
But like, it reminds me as I go through, I just tore my Achilles.
Yeah, that's the worst.
No, ALS is the worst.
Let me asterisk that.
It is one of those times when I'm ready to throw myself a bit of a pity party.
I think about how my mom has moved through this extraordinary set of circumstances and still has a level of calm and peace and acceptance of what's happening in her life.