As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, we’ll have some of the letters I read — and responded to — every night. I still get emotional reading them, and it’s one of my favorite exhibits.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Legendary actor and producer Morgan Freeman is celebrating his 89th birthday, marking nearly six decades in entertainment and a career that has helped define generations of film.
Michelle Obama once asked her mother why she was holding Barack's hand on election night. Her mother replied, "His father left when he was two. He lost his mother to cancer. He was moments away from becoming the leader of the free world with no parents, so I took his hand.
Winter holds a silence
unlike any other.
Full of pause. Full of breath. Full of truths we only hear when the world is quiet.
It teaches me
my worth is not in what I produce, but in who I am when I am still.
And now, on the first day of spring, it’s time to bloom again!🌸
Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of a true giant, the Reverend Jesse Jackson. We will always be grateful for Jesse's lifetime of service, and the friendship our families share. We stood on his shoulders. We send our deepest condolences to the Jackson family and everyone in Chicago and beyond who knew and loved him.