It's Friday and I would like to hang out with Michelle Obama. Merely my opinion - she'd be fun, chatty, down to earth, smart, and not fancy. I think she was raised right with some common sense.
From the memoir, Becoming, and now The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama still counts on her elderly mother as a solid presence. She also enjoys her big brother, Craig, and she can reflect fondly about her dear departed hard working father, who struggled with MS, but never let the disease be an excuse for anything. Her respect and love for her husband, Barack Obama is obvious. And her role as a mother for Sasha and Malia will not stop as they are young adults now striving to be independent.
This book, The Light We Carry, offers practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. (cover blurb.) Michelle Obama offers her worries, her fears through examples and then how she tries to take a deep breath and work toward positivity. She has overcome obstacles and truly practices "starting kind", "going high", and embracing a "kitchen table" of friends.
This back blurb paragraph sums up a nice message. It takes work to be a light. But every bit can help in this world of uncertainty. I enjoyed this book and had a lot of colorful page markers for excellent thoughts, humor, and common sense. I was happy to get this rainbow of words from my local library. I can only hope to embrace some good takeaways and be a light of some sort.
Hey Michelle - call me sometime and let's hang out!
Hi Joanne - I sure hope she rings you ... and you have that hang-out - and when she's been ... I'll catch a plane and come for an update - I'm sure she'd be brilliant company - no overbearing heights. I'll read it soon - a friend has it ... I gather it's cold where you are - we've been told from here! Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteIf I can set up a ladies afternoon with her, you are invited! Enjoy the book.
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