Michelle Obama is quietly planning her next act

[demmiblue]

Source: Washington Post

As Michelle Obama prepares to leave the White House, she’s been talking publicly about how eager she is to return to normal life. “I want to open my front door without discussing it with anyone — and just walk,” she told Oprah Winfrey in an interview last year.

She has also said she wants to sit in a yard, stroll through a big-box store and open a window in her house, all things she has not been able to do for eight years.

Yet a team is already laying the groundwork for what’s likely to be a somewhat busier post-White House schedule for a popular first lady who has signaled her eagerness to continue her advocacy work of recent years — and has proven to be a compelling voice in American politics.

After a long break, Michelle Obama plans to get to work with a small staff that will move into office space in Washington. The group will be led by Melissa Winter, the first lady’s longtime deputy chief of staff. A veteran Capitol Hill aide, Winter was the first lady’s first hire during her husband’s 2007 campaign.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/michelle-obama-is-quietly-planning-her-next-act/2017/01/14/45848920-d9c0-11e6-9f9f-5cdb4b7f8dd7_story.html

[hibbing]

1. I love you Michelle

I hope she does take some time to wind down and relax. I wish her the best in whatever she decides to do. She has been the most graceful, dignified and fun First Lady in my lifetime.


Peace

[3catwoman3]

2. She has been all that and more.

I am in total awe of her strength of character, during 8 years of what had to be pure hell at times - too many times.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Obama-Warren 2020

would love to see it

[PatrickforO]

4. Michelle Obama is a class act and I'm sure we

will see great things from her moving forward. Best first lady we've had in a long time.

[Farmgirl1961]

5. We will need her more than ever

It's nice to know that after a short respite she'll be engaged in meaningful work. I so admire Michelle Obama...

[Fla Dem]

6. What a bunch of crass individuals, absolutely deplorable scum.

After a really nice article about Mrs. Obama's life after the White House, it didn't take much for the paid/unpaid trolls to come out of the woodwork. The comment section is sickening.

[politicasista]

7. Kick

for the best FLOTUS ever.

Will miss her, but look forward to her next chapter.