“My Grandfather, Who Passed Away…”: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Daughter Pens Down Heartfelt Message for Mother Maria Shriver for Helping Millions Against a Devastating Disease

Fighting Alzheimer’s can affect a family badly; they may experience stress due to Alzheimer’s disease. However, by working on this together, anyone can neglect the bad effects of the disease. Similarly, Maria Shriver, the ex-wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, works hard to spread awareness about the disease. 

The reason behind this was her father, who passed away 11 years ago. Arnold and Shriver’s daughter shared a heartwarming post on Instagram missing her grandfather and appreciating her mother for her great work. 

Daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger shared a heartwarming note

On September 21, 2022, the world witnessed Alzheimer’s day filled with awareness campaigns. In light of this, Schwarzenegger’s eldest daughter, Katherine, recalled her grandfather by sharing his picture. Maria’s father, Robert Sargent Shriver Jr., was an activist and was related to the Kennedy family. In 2003, he lost his life to the disease. 

While Katherine penned, “Today is World Alzheimer’s Day, and I’m thinking of my grandfather, who passed away from Alzheimer’s 11 years ago. I’m constantly inspired by all the work and awareness my mother, @mariashriver, brings to the disease through founding the @womensalzmovement, to look for answers and to help the millions in this world impacted by this disease.”

After Maria’s father passed away, she took the awareness of this disease as her responsibility. Even after ten years, Maria was seen crying by missing her hardworking father.

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Sergent was a Former Peace Corps director, leader of the Special Olympics, and director of several War on Poverty initiatives. In addition, her father was also the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 

Maria Shriver and her son’s initiative 

Since Sergent passed away, Maria, a journalist, was accustomed to posing queries and receiving responses. However, she acknowledges that she didn’t know much about Alzheimer’s. Also, it hit her hard when she noticed that nobody could answer her queries regarding the disease. Struggling with all the research and Q/A stuff, Maria took a great initiative to spread awareness. 

Her son, Patrick Schwarzenegger, also joined hands with her in this good work. They launched MOSH, a nutrition company that is great for brain food. Additionally, in 2004, Maria penned a children’s book named, What’s Happening to Grandpa? Through this book, Shriver explained Alzheimer’s disease to kids. According to Shriver, the book was compiled with the help of her four kids’ conversation on the disease. Try giving it a read to understand Alzheimer’s disease better, and help others if needed.

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