Michelle often described her mother as the family\u2019s moral compass.<\/p>\n
Marian didn\u2019t lecture; she led by example.<\/p>\n
She believed in showing love through patience and honesty,<\/p>\n
in listening more than speaking,<\/p>\n
and in reminding her children that no one was too important to pick up after themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe always believed in letting us make our own choices,\u201d<\/p>\n
Michelle once said. \u201cShe trusted us to learn from our mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n
That grounded approach followed the Obamas into public life.<\/p>\n
When Barack Obama was elected President in 2008,<\/p>\n
the entire world watched the family step into an extraordinary chapter of history.<\/p>\n
For Marian Robinson, it meant something both simpler and far more personal \u2014<\/p>\n
leaving her home in Chicago to help care for her granddaughters in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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