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bigtree

(86,005 posts)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:05 PM Jan 2017

FLOTUS (and POTUS) Take a Final Swing

Stephen Crowley @Stcrow
FL Michelle Obama took a final swing on playset used by Sasha and Malia outside Oval office; donated to a homeless shelter in Washington DC


















President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama help paint a mural of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the community room of the Jobs Have Priority Naylor Road Family Shelter in Washington, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. The mural,"Wall of Hope" was created by artist Omatayo Akinbolajo and features a painting of Martin Luther King Jr.


Susan Walsh












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FLOTUS (and POTUS) Take a Final Swing (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2017 OP
There is "Class", there is "Classic".... Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #1
The best. Guilded Lilly Jan 2017 #2
That is it. I am crying now. Botany Jan 2017 #3
Simply beautiful ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2017 #5
Simply the best. gademocrat7 Jan 2017 #6
when I ponder the filth that was thrown at them jodymarie aimee Jan 2017 #7
That made me cry Bettie Jan 2017 #8
kick bigtree Jan 2017 #9

Jacob Boehme

(789 posts)
1. There is "Class", there is "Classic"....
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:08 PM
Jan 2017

.... And then there is the Obama Family who are in a class of awesome all by themselves!

Botany

(70,567 posts)
3. That is it. I am crying now.
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:14 PM
Jan 2017

What wonderful people. Even now they are trying to make other people happy.

Response to bigtree (Original post)

 

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
7. when I ponder the filth that was thrown at them
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 12:57 PM
Jan 2017

for being the magnificent family they are...crying here, too.

Bettie

(16,120 posts)
8. That made me cry
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 01:25 PM
Jan 2017

actually crying and for a good reason today.

They are something to be proud of they are the picture of the American Dream we were all told about growing up, the ideal of "anyone can grow up to be President".

They are the people we should all aspire to be.

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