Michelle Obama

Marion.

Oh, my gosh, yeah.

Oh, my gosh, yeah.

Oh, my gosh, yeah.

That's a great question. I love talking about my mom. I love talking about my parents. And I was so glad to have told some of her story in my second book, The Light, before she passed so that I could give her her flowers back. when she could see it, you know. But my mom loved kids. And she, I think at the core of her being was this understanding that every kid was special.

That's a great question. I love talking about my mom. I love talking about my parents. And I was so glad to have told some of her story in my second book, The Light, before she passed so that I could give her her flowers back. when she could see it, you know. But my mom loved kids. And she, I think at the core of her being was this understanding that every kid was special.

That's a great question. I love talking about my mom. I love talking about my parents. And I was so glad to have told some of her story in my second book, The Light, before she passed so that I could give her her flowers back. when she could see it, you know. But my mom loved kids. And she, I think at the core of her being was this understanding that every kid was special.

I mean, she loved us for sure, but she loved all kids that she came in contact with. We didn't have a lot of money, but my parents made the choice that my mom would stay home with us. And she didn't, use that time frivolously. I mean, she wasn't just looking after us.

I mean, she loved us for sure, but she loved all kids that she came in contact with. We didn't have a lot of money, but my parents made the choice that my mom would stay home with us. And she didn't, use that time frivolously. I mean, she wasn't just looking after us.

I mean, she loved us for sure, but she loved all kids that she came in contact with. We didn't have a lot of money, but my parents made the choice that my mom would stay home with us. And she didn't, use that time frivolously. I mean, she wasn't just looking after us.

She would come up to school and help kids that were struggling, teach kids that, you know, the room mom before there were room moms, because she just believed in the power and intelligence that little people, as she called them, brought into the world. And she just wanted to feed into that. And we got a lot of that. But, you know,

She would come up to school and help kids that were struggling, teach kids that, you know, the room mom before there were room moms, because she just believed in the power and intelligence that little people, as she called them, brought into the world. And she just wanted to feed into that. And we got a lot of that. But, you know,

She would come up to school and help kids that were struggling, teach kids that, you know, the room mom before there were room moms, because she just believed in the power and intelligence that little people, as she called them, brought into the world. And she just wanted to feed into that. And we got a lot of that. But, you know,

why I'm such an advocate for kids is it comes from my mom because she fully believes that we underestimate kids. And that we, you know, we don't come here, that we as adults are the ones that mess them up. That all kids are born into this world really special. And so I felt that, right? And I think that's one of the reasons, that's where confidence began for me.

why I'm such an advocate for kids is it comes from my mom because she fully believes that we underestimate kids. And that we, you know, we don't come here, that we as adults are the ones that mess them up. That all kids are born into this world really special. And so I felt that, right? And I think that's one of the reasons, that's where confidence began for me.

why I'm such an advocate for kids is it comes from my mom because she fully believes that we underestimate kids. And that we, you know, we don't come here, that we as adults are the ones that mess them up. That all kids are born into this world really special. And so I felt that, right? And I think that's one of the reasons, that's where confidence began for me.

Is sitting at my kitchen table, me and my brother, with a mom who really, really loved our voices. She liked to hear our thoughts. She thought we were funny. We made her laugh. We felt special in her presence. And sadly, we needed that because as kids, Black kids, poor Black kids, there would be a lot of people who would try to dim the light that she was pouring into us.

Is sitting at my kitchen table, me and my brother, with a mom who really, really loved our voices. She liked to hear our thoughts. She thought we were funny. We made her laugh. We felt special in her presence. And sadly, we needed that because as kids, Black kids, poor Black kids, there would be a lot of people who would try to dim the light that she was pouring into us.

Is sitting at my kitchen table, me and my brother, with a mom who really, really loved our voices. She liked to hear our thoughts. She thought we were funny. We made her laugh. We felt special in her presence. And sadly, we needed that because as kids, Black kids, poor Black kids, there would be a lot of people who would try to dim the light that she was pouring into us.

So we had an abundance of it, which allowed us to steel ourselves for what was to come, probably prepared me in ways I couldn't have imagined for those White House years, that time in the spotlight, because I was still fortified with the light she had given me all my life. So I could handle a lot of the negativity. I could handle the stress and the pressure. So I agree with you.