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November 7, 2008 at 11:56am
by thecodepounder Michelle Obama in an article in the TimesOnline, My No. 1 job as First Lady is to be First Mom:
A few weeks ago at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, I shared with the nation some of the many reasons why I believed my husband would be an extraordinary president. It was the biggest speech I’d ever given. When I was finished, I headed backstage with my daughters. They turned to me, breathless with excitement.
“Mom,” Malia, our ten-year-old, said. “We have something important to tell you. We need to have a sleepover!”
That snapped me out of speech mode, with the bright lights and applause, and back into the role I love: Mom. The next night, 15 giggling girls - my daughters, the Biden granddaughters, and friends - took over our hotel room.
Now that Barack has been elected president, it will be an honour to be First Lady. I will work daily on the issues closest to my heart: helping working women and families, particularly military families. But, as my girls reminded me in Denver, even as First Lady, my No 1 job is still to be Mom. At 7 and 10, our daughters are young. My first priority will be to ensure they stay grounded and healthy, with normal childhoods - including homework, chores, dance, and soccer.
Michelle Obama sounds pretty damned “grounded”, “healthy” and “normal” herself. I think her kids will be fine, even growing up in the White House.
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