‘Let Her Hug and Kiss You..’ – Having Lost His Mother to Cancer, Serena Williams’ Husband Commemorates Her Sacrifices With a Stirring Message

Similar to how his wife Serena Williams has excelled on the court, Alexis Ohanian has succeeded as a businessman. The American internet entrepreneur was just a young college student when he started his stellar entrepreneurial journey after forgoing pursuing a professional path as a lawyer. Since then, Ohanian, with his devotion and dedication to his work, has found immense success for himself in his business endeavors.

Additionally, Ohanian, for his success, has always credited his mother, who came to the country as an immigrant. However, Ohanian was hugely surprised when his mom was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Later, in a letter, Ohanian talks about his mother’s illness while also mentioning the sacrifices she made for him. The Reddit cofounder was recently overwhelmed with emotions when he reminisced about that letter on his social media.

Serena Williams’ husband reminisces about the letter to his younger self

The American internet entrepreneur recently took to social media to reminisce about the moment when he wrote a heartfelt letter to his younger self. Ohanian stated, “4 years ago, @CBSThisMorning asked me to write a letter to my younger self. Frankly, if I could go back in time to tell my younger self how he’d end up in a few decades — I think he’d be pretty impressed.”

In that letter, he reminisced about the most important decision of his journey that made him a successful entrepreneur. Ohanian was just a young college student who decided to forgo pursuing a professional path as a lawyer. Instead, he decided to launch his own company, and he came up with the idea of the online platform, Reddit. Meanwhile, Ohanian also talked about his mother’s illness and also the sacrifices she made for her family.

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The Reddit co-founder stated, “She’ll show you what it means to be truly courageous and selfless. And you’ll spend the rest of your life working to make her sacrifices worth it. Let her hug and kiss you in public. It doesn’t make you any less tough. And it means everything to her. And you’ll understand when you’re a father, you’ve got your own little shots.”

Ohanian previously revealed that his mother was an illegal immigrant

The tech giant was previously featured in an interview where talked about his entrepreneurial journey and also bout his mother, Anke Ohanian. Alexis’ mother was a pharmacy technician, and she worked hard to raise her family. Additionally, he made a surprising revelation that his mother broke the law in order to arrive in the United States.

Ohanian went on to say that she was a young immigrant from Germany who made various sacrifices for her family. The internet entrepreneur also revealed that his mother was undocumented when she arrived in the country just to look after her family, including a young Ohanian.

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