Michelle Obama: Malia & I Snuck Out To See White House "Lit Up In Pride" And Enjoy Celebrating Crowd

[kpete]

“Looking out the window, I saw that beyond the gates on Pennsylvania Avenue, a big crowd of people had gathered in the summer dusk to see the lights. The north drive was filled with government staff who’d stayed late to see the White House transformed in celebration of marriage equality. The decision had touched so many people. From where I stood, I could see the exuberance, but I could hear nothing. It was an odd part of our reality.

“We made our way down a marble staircase and over red carpets, around the busts of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin and past the kitchen until suddenly we were outdoors. Malia and I just busted past the agents on duty, neither one of us making eye contact. The humid summer air hit our faces. I could see fireflies blinking on the lawn. And there it was, the hum of the public, people whooping and celebrating outside the iron gates.

“It had taken us 10 minutes to get out of our own home, but we’d done it. We were outside, standing on a patch of lawn off to one side, out of sight of the public but with a beautiful, close-up view of the White House, lit up in pride. Malia and I leaned into each other, happy to have found our way there.” – Michelle Obama, from her hit book, Becoming.



https://www.joemygod.com/2018/11/michelle-obama-malia-and-i-snuck-out-to-see-white-house-lit-up-in-pride-and-enjoy-celebrating-crowd/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Words are so inadequate for this. But this post needs a kick!

[SCantiGOP]

2. It is amazing to think

That this simple statement of humanity and decency seems so out of place in the world Trump has given us in just two years.

[babylonsister]

6. It's so sad, isn't it.

There are so many decent people in this country, and we are literally stuck with the worst of the worst.

[Autumn]

3. Such a beautiful warm memory for her daughter, and us. This is the most precious memory

I will have of any First Lady. I can't wait to read this book

[ismnotwasm]

4. K&R

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[progressoid]

7. My high school English teacher is shouting in my ear, "SNEAKED!"

[LostinRed]

8. Snuck is a word and acceptable past tense

[progressoid]

9. Yeah, I know.

She wouldn't allow us to say 'yeah' instead of 'yes' either.

I remember it went something like, "you can say yeah down the hall in the German classroom. In my English classroom, we say yes."

[Politicub]

10. One of the happiest days of my life

Was when DOMA was struck down.

And seeing the Whitehouse bathed in a rainbow of lights made me realize that, yes, I am as American as anyone else. Anything is possible in this country.

[JudyM]

12. Mine too. It was astonishing. And to think that Michelle was there not far from me enjoying it is

pretty sweet. The energy in the crowd was like a luxurious warm bath of “okayness.”

[Vinca]

11. I bought her book yesterday and it's next up on my reading list.

[Cha]

13. Such an Awesome First Lady!