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Sheryl Lee Ralph Dishes On Her Son’s Engagement And How Near-Death Experiences Have Influenced Him

<p><strong>Sheryl Lee Ralph<&sol;strong> is one proud mother&excl; The <em>Abbott Elementary <&sol;em>actress made that clear in two separate interviews about her son <strong>Etienne Maurice<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ralph spoke with <em>Entertainment Tonight <&sol;em>about <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;etonline&period;com&sol;sheryl-lee-ralph-on-son-etiennes-engagement-and-looking-forward-to-becoming-a-glamma-exclusive" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Etienne&&num;8217&semi;s engagement<&sol;a> to ABC News&&num;8217&semi; <strong>Stephanie Wash<&sol;strong>&period; She also spoke to <em>PEOPLE <&sol;em>about how near-death incidents in 2013 have influenced his life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those wondering&comma; Sheryl isn&&num;8217&semi;t gatekeeping her son&&num;8217&semi;s love&period; The entertainer expressed happiness at Wash joining their family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m so happy&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m so inspired&comma; I love it&excl; The fact that Stephanie just fits and blends so well into our family&comma; you know&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s all you can ask&comma; that your children are happy in different stages of their life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Sheryl Lee Ralph told <em>ET&period;<&sol;em> &&num;8220&semi;Now if I can see that happen for my daughter I will be ecstatic&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;twitter-reacts-to-photo-sheryl-lee-ralph-shared-of-her-son-hey-mother-in-law&sol;">Twitter Reacts To Photo Sheryl Lee Ralph Shared Of Her Son&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Hey Mother In Law&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"ColWXEGJKn1" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Sheryl Lee Ralph Shares Her Expectations For Son Etienne&&num;8217&semi;s Wedding Day<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Etienne proposed to Stephanie on July 6 on a New York City rooftop featuring skyline views&comma; red roses&comma; and candles&period; The couple was surrounded by family&comma; including Ralph&comma; following <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chanel-iman-davon-godchaux-engaged&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">the proposal<&sol;a>&period; Maurice shared photos of the proposal&comma; revealing that he and Wash went from &&num;8220&semi;strangers to soulmates&period;&&num;8221&semi; According to <em>ET&comma; <&sol;em>they&&num;8217&semi;ve been dating for two years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CuZms-MOXDl" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The engaged couple is still in the &&num;8220&semi;beginning&&num;8221&semi; stages of planning their big day&period; And while Lee is ready to be involved at the pair&&num;8217&semi;s command&comma; she says it&&num;8217&semi;s not a demand or necessity on her part&period; In fact&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s keeping her wedding day expectations limited and wishing them a day to remember&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I want the music to be good&period; I want it to be just wonderfully outstanding because these are the days that&comma; as you go through your marriage&comma; you have to look back on what is probably your happiest day together and remember that day&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Sheryl Lee Ralph said&period; &&num;8220&semi;When your partner gets on your last nerve&comma; and you need to be reminded&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Why did I do this&quest; Why did I get married&quest; What was it again about this person&quest;&&num;8217&semi; But then&comma; you think about your wedding and go&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Oh&comma; now I understand&period; Now I remember that&period;&&num;8217&semi; And then you just shut your mouth&comma; and you just let that go by&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>And like most mamas&comma; Lee hopes to upgrade to &&num;8220&semi;Glam-mom&comma; Glamma&comma; or G-mama&&num;8221&semi; post-wedding&&num;8211&semi;though there&&num;8217&semi;s no timeline&period; Etienne and Stephanie have not publicly revealed their wedding date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Sheryl Lee Reflects On Etienne&&num;8217&semi;s Near-Death Accidents In 2013<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Sheryl tells <em>PEOPLE <&sol;em>that some moments in a child&&num;8217&semi;s life can &&num;8220&semi;bring you to your knees&period;&&num;8221&semi; For her&comma; those moments came in 2013 when Etienne was involved in two <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;montgomery-woman-suspects-bond-interview-reggie-ray&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">separate incidents<&sol;a>&&num;8211&semi;a car accident and a violent mugging&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The car accident left Etienne&comma; a college student at the time&comma; with a concussion that &&num;8220&semi;changed his whole brain&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;aarp&period;org&sol;entertainment&sol;celebrities&sol;info-2023&sol;sheryl-lee-ralph-interview&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Sheryl told AARP<&sol;a> last month&period; Then&comma; he was shot three times during a mugging&period; The shooter left a bullet graze on Etienne&&num;8217&semi;s forehead and two bullets in his leg&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Sometimes in exhaustion&period; God&&num;8217&semi;s willing&comma; it is in prayer&period; People talk about testimony&period; The test has become a testimony&period; The pain has brought him through with greater purpose&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period; &&num;8220&semi;And through his own experiences in life&comma; he is able to be of better help and service to others&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>When Sheryl Lee Ralph first got the news of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;sheryl-lee-ralph-collapsed-after-sons-car-accident-shot-3-times-exclusive-7562081" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">the mugging incident<&sol;a>&comma; she &&num;8220&semi;collapsed and dropped the phone&comma;&&num;8221&semi; per <em>PEOPLE&period; <&sol;em>About a decade later&comma; Sheryl only sees a miracle when she looks at Etienne&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Through everything my son has gone through&comma; every time I see him I know what a miracle looks like&period; When I see my son with RunGood&comma; and they do the running through LA&comma; I know how close he came to losing that leg&period; When I look at that scar&comma; I know how close he came to losing his life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Ralph added&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CrJcYIxppHM" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the years since the incidents&comma; Etienne has used those near-death experiences to influence how he impacts his communities&period; One example is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;walkgoodla&period;org&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">establishing WalkGood<&sol;a>&period; The Los Angeles-based organization focuses on arts&comma; health&comma; and wellness through gatherings&comma; events&comma; and community work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cv0MNi7Iyks" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sheryl Lee Ralph has been in the news lately discussing her partnership with MadeGood&period; The food-based company tapped Ralph to help promote their back-to-school campaign for donating to teachers in North America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;sheryl-lee-ralph-long-distance-marriage-vincent-hughes&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Bicoastal Bae&excl; Sheryl Lee Ralph Discusses Long-Distance Marriage With Pa&period; Senator Vincent Hughes<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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