When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
People have notions of what a wife’s role should be in this process, and it’s been a traditional one of blind adoration. My model is a little different – I think most real marriages are.
I have never been proud of America my entire adult life.
I am only as good as my children are.
It’s all about patience and persistence – you often have to expose a child to a new food numerous times before he or she will begin to like it. So keep trying!
I mean, hope doesn’t get actualized in three and a half years. If that were the case, we’d be out of luck as a country.
And what has been just completely heart warming is to see that people are really hungry for something different.
And the first thing we have to do is vote. Hey, no, not just once in a while. Not just when my husband or somebody you like is on the ballot. But in every election at every level, all of the time.
We have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.
I tell this to my girls all the time: This journey we’re on is a once – in – a – lifetime opportunity.
No, I think that if he had known he would be president, he would have started dying his hair, like, 10 years ago. Now it’s too late.
My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn’t sustain us.
It’s always positive to hear how many people are willing to step up – whether it is the employment community, mental health community, or medical community.
I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he’s going to do, even when it’s hard – especially when it’s hard.
I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.
Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today.
Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can’t make a healthy choice.
Discriminating against same-sex couples just isn’t right.
My sense is that being a First Lady is a full-time job, but I’ll know more when the time comes.
Sometimes, it’s just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It’s exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.