Michelle Obama recalls words her mother Marianne said before she died
Michelle Obama Recalling her last conversation with her mother, Marianne Robinson.
The 61-year-old former first lady discussed Marianne, who died in May 2024 at the age of 86, at an event to promote her latest book in New York City on Wednesday, November 5. Appearance.
Obama says she finally understands why Marianne started preparing for her and brother Craig Robinson She died when they were children.
“What she did was let us know that she loved us but that we could live with or without her, and I understand that now as a parent,” Obama said. Every people.
She said she wanted a daughter Mary27 and Sasha24, lives with her husband, former President barack obama“Know, ‘I love you, you love me, but you don’t need me. You know what it takes to succeed.'”
Obama cared for Marianne in her final moments. according to people“Wow, that was so fast,” Marian told Obama one day as mother and daughter sat on the couch.
Obama asked her what that meant, and Marianne responded with one word: “Life.”
“That’s all she said, but even in her pragmatic way, the message I got from there was, you’re never ready,” Michelle explained. “I didn’t think she was finished. It just came and then life was over. I was like, ‘Let me hear this. Let me understand that even though life is great, I want to live in the moment.'”
Obama celebrated her 60th birthday in January 2024.
“I think what it’s like to be 60 is just trying to live in that feeling,” she said Wednesday. “Trying to live in this moment in my life and make this final chapter what I want it to be.”
When she reached her milestone age, she said, “I realized how much breath-taking and decision-making I had done to ensure that my daughters would become whole.”
Now that her children are in their 20s, “for the first time in my life, every decision I make is my own,” she says. “This is what I want to do. … What do I want, how do I feel? This is the first time I’m able to do that for myself, no excuses. It means the consequences are mine too, and there’s freedom.”
She added: “If I’m lucky and I live to be 90, that’s 30 wonderful summers.”
Recently, Obama told people She inherited Marianne’s beauty routine: devoting herself to the maintenance of her hair color.
“I’m dying my gray hair,” she said. “I didn’t back down [when I see one]but I wouldn’t leave it there too long. “
She explained: “My mother was the same way. My mother dyed her hair until the day she died. She had beautiful sandy blonde hair that blended well with the gray. I was like, ‘Yeah, I’d do that too.'”
