Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama plays with his niece Savita
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/08/12/uncle-potus/
It just makes you want to smile~
lamp_shade
(15,092 posts)sheshe2
(87,495 posts)Cha
(305,415 posts)ever! Adorable little Savita
Mahalo, she~ BOG
And just look at Savita now~
Love her shoes in that last picture~
Cha
(305,415 posts)Mahalo for these pics, she!
"Ann Dunham's Field Work in Indonesia" What a family.
Wonderful to have such a loving family~BOG~
TDale313
(7,822 posts)Thanks for posting these.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)that first photo freaks me out. The carpet makes it look like he's standing on the back of the couch or something
Beartracks
(13,565 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)It makes the president look about 3 feet tall to me.
sheshe2
(87,495 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)don't be bogarting it.
mountain grammy
(27,273 posts)While the right wing explodes with hate and racism over everything Obama, this family goes about their business with beauty and grace. I'm proud of America's First Family.
sheshe2
(87,495 posts)I am proud of them too!
classof56
(5,376 posts)I too am proud of our First Family. And I thank Sheshe2 for these few feel good moments to start this day.
Peace and Blessings.
hue
(4,949 posts)sheshe2
(87,495 posts)I think you will love this.
You can go anywhere as long as youre respectful.
Soetoro-Ngs childrens book, Ladder to the Moon , came about as the authors way of introducing her six-year-old daughter Suhaila to her deceased grandmother (Soetoro-Ng and President Barack Obamas mother). Suhaila is the heroine of the story, which opens on a scene in which her mother (Soetoro-Ng in illustrated form) tells her that she has her grandmothers hands. I wonder what else I got from her , Suhaila wonders. Just then, she sees a ladder extending to the moon, with her grandmother at the bottom, and so a magical adventure begins
Soetoro-Ngs mother passed away in 1995, almost a full decade before Suhalias birth. This fact still saddens the author, who would have loved for her mother to meet Suhaila and her younger sister Savita and, she says, teach them their own power. This is exactly what her mother did for Soetoro-Ng as she was growing up, half white and half Indonesian, all over the world, forming her own identity under the influence of mainland, Hawaiian, and Indonesian cultures.
Throughout her life, her mother served as a tether, a safe space in which she could always have a home. She told me
that I had been given a gift of belonging to more than one world, that I had a flexibility that she never had, an ability to shape-shift and move through doors or fences that for her were obstructions, writes Soetoro-Ng in her foreword to Fulbecks book, Mixed .
As a result, Soetoro-Ng has grown into a woman who radiates strength. Her voice is deep and soothing, and she speaks to her audience in poetic language that penetrates like mint tea or the touch of a mothers hand on the forehead. For a multiracial person, she says, exploring different parts of ones heritage is important simply because it could lead to finding something you love
whether its a corner the size of your elbow or the size of your calf.
http://www.discovernikkei.org/pt/journal/2010/08/26/maya-soetoro-ng/
mimi85
(1,805 posts)He certainly has a way with kids. He's soothing or something. I don't know quite how to put it, but he would have been the best babysitter EVER! Damn, she is adorable!
I think you put it right. He would have been awesome in the role of a babysitter.
We had one favorite growing up~
He could come babysit ME anytime! If a whole lot of things were different. You know, women (and some guys, no doubt) must be giving him the look all the time. I don't think anyone would want Michelle pissed at them! Jennifer aka Mimi
Oakenshield
(628 posts)Reminds me of this video.
sheshe2
(87,495 posts)Thanks!
Burma Jones
(11,760 posts)That Peak Adorability that goads you into having another kid......
I'm glad for the President, it's always good to play with a one year old....ALWAYS!
Grateful for Hope
(39,320 posts)Kids know (like animals) who is inherently good and trustworthy. Every picture I see of our president with a child reinforces a big reason why I voted for him.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)She is so cute!!!
sheshe2
(87,495 posts)Thanks Kimi!
BumRushDaShow
(142,332 posts)Here's a video I found of Maya including some pics of Maya and her oldest girl that I hadn't seen before...
sheshe2
(87,495 posts)Maya is a beautiful woman in so many ways.
Would you just look at that sweet picture a beautifully diverse and loving family. The history behind them is amazing.
Thanks so much for sharing BumRush~
secondwind
(16,903 posts)sheshe2
(87,495 posts)I also have more current ones in post #3.
I also posted some history on Savita's mom upthread.