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uncle potus (Original Post) sheshe2 Aug 2013 OP
Thank you. Yes... I SMILED. lamp_shade Aug 2013 #1
I knew it would lamp_shade. sheshe2 Aug 2013 #4
Uncle POTUS is the best President Cha Aug 2013 #2
He is Cha~ sheshe2 Aug 2013 #3
Grown up shoes! Cha Aug 2013 #6
Aww. So incredibly sweet. TDale313 Aug 2013 #5
Aaaaaugh what the hell AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #7
Wow, that's a weird perspective. n/t Beartracks Aug 2013 #8
I think it's the guy in the foreground... AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #9
That's Reggie Love~ nt sheshe2 Aug 2013 #24
pass that over here Quantess Aug 2013 #25
Thanks, Sheshe2, love the pictures. mountain grammy Aug 2013 #10
Thanks mountain grammy~ sheshe2 Aug 2013 #12
Well and truly said, mountain grammy. classof56 Aug 2013 #18
<3 :-) <3 Thanks! hue Aug 2013 #11
Hi hue~ Here's some history. sheshe2 Aug 2013 #14
What a doll! mimi85 Aug 2013 #13
Hi mimi. sheshe2 Aug 2013 #15
HaHa mimi85 Aug 2013 #20
He does have a way with kids no doubt about it. Oakenshield Aug 2013 #16
I do love that one~ sheshe2 Aug 2013 #17
Savita looks like she's right at that age when kids have that peak adorability Burma Jones Aug 2013 #19
What an adorable little one Grateful for Hope Aug 2013 #21
kawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ne.... AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #22
She is adorable~ sheshe2 Aug 2013 #23
Maya's daughters are adorable BumRushDaShow Aug 2013 #26
What a great video! sheshe2 Aug 2013 #27
they are wonderful photos, but they are not current... I remember these from a while back secondwind Aug 2013 #28
I know, secondwind... sheshe2 Aug 2013 #29

Cha

(305,137 posts)
6. Grown up shoes!
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 05:20 PM
Aug 2013

Mahalo for these pics, she!

"Ann Dunham's Field Work in Indonesia" What a family.

Wonderful to have such a loving family~BOG~

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
7. Aaaaaugh what the hell
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 06:28 PM
Aug 2013

that first photo freaks me out. The carpet makes it look like he's standing on the back of the couch or something

mountain grammy

(27,227 posts)
10. Thanks, Sheshe2, love the pictures.
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 07:04 PM
Aug 2013

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.

classof56

(5,376 posts)
18. Well and truly said, mountain grammy.
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 09:42 AM
Aug 2013

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.

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
14. Hi hue~ Here's some history.
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 07:29 PM
Aug 2013

I think you will love this.



“You can go anywhere as long as you’re respectful.”

Soetoro-Ng’s children’s book, Ladder to the Moon , came about as the author’s way of introducing her six-year-old daughter Suhaila to her deceased grandmother (Soetoro-Ng and President Barack Obama’s 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 grandmother’s 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-Ng’s mother passed away in 1995, almost a full decade before Suhalia’s 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 Fulbeck’s 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 mother’s hand on the forehead. For a multiracial person, she says, exploring different parts of one’s heritage is important simply because it “could lead to finding something you love… whether it’s 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)
13. What a doll!
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 07:21 PM
Aug 2013

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!

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
15. Hi mimi.
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 07:35 PM
Aug 2013

I think you put it right. He would have been awesome in the role of a babysitter.

We had one favorite growing up~

mimi85

(1,805 posts)
20. HaHa
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 12:25 PM
Aug 2013

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

Burma Jones

(11,760 posts)
19. Savita looks like she's right at that age when kids have that peak adorability
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 11:01 AM
Aug 2013

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)
21. What an adorable little one
Tue Aug 13, 2013, 05:45 PM
Aug 2013

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.

BumRushDaShow

(141,675 posts)
26. Maya's daughters are adorable
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 07:57 AM
Aug 2013

Here's a video I found of Maya including some pics of Maya and her oldest girl that I hadn't seen before...

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
27. What a great video!
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 08:11 AM
Aug 2013

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~

sheshe2

(87,272 posts)
29. I know, secondwind...
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 07:31 PM
Aug 2013

I also have more current ones in post #3.

I also posted some history on Savita's mom upthread.

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