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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichelle Obama: Malia & I Snuck Out To See White House "Lit Up In Pride" And Enjoy Celebrating Crowd
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 whod 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 wed 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
(149,611 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)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
(171,063 posts)There are so many decent people in this country, and we are literally stuck with the worst of the worst.
Autumn
(45,071 posts)I will have of any First Lady. I can't wait to read this book
progressoid
(49,988 posts)LostinRed
(840 posts)progressoid
(49,988 posts)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
(12,165 posts)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
(29,236 posts)pretty sweet. The energy in the crowd was like a luxurious warm bath of okayness.