Obama pens letter to his daughters (in Parade magazine this weekend)

[jezebel]

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/great_adventure_23866f6e-a4cf-4114-af60-e59e4fba3675.html

Obama pens letter to his daughters
By NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON

President-elect Barack Obama has penned a letter to his daughters about his plans for the White House

and explains why he has taken his family “on this great adventure.” In the letter, featured in the upcoming issue of Parade Magazine, Obama writes, to Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7:

“There are things that I want for you—to grow up in a world with no limits on your dreams and no achievements beyond your reach, and to grow into compassionate, committed women who will help built that world.”

He says he hopes that his daughters will take up the work of “righting wrongs that you see and working to give others the chances you’ve had.”

Obama also talks about his own life as a young man, saying he was self-involved but fatherhood changed all that. “I soon found that the greatest joy in my life was the joy I saw in yours. And I realized that my own life wouldn’t count for much unless I was able to ensure that you had every opportunity for happiness and fulfillment in yours,” he writes.

“In the end, girls, that’s why I ran for President: because of what I want for you and for every child in this nation.”

snip

Letter can be read here
http://www.parade.com/news/2009/01/barack-obama-letter-to-my-daughters.html

[EraOfResponsibility]

1. awwwwww

[polichick]

2. Love that pic!

[BlooInBloo]

6. GMTA

[Pirate Smile]

11. Hmmmmmm. I'm drawing a blank.

:silly:

[BlooInBloo]

12. Great Minds Think Alike.

:)

[Pirate Smile]

18. Ahhhh. Thanks.

I posted that pic down below too.

The letter is perfect. The guy sure can write. :)

The other pics


Sasha (l) and Malia Obama at play in New Hampshire in 2007.


Bumper cars at the Iowa State Fair in August 2007.

[BlooInBloo]

3. :)))) What a wonderful family....

[Cha]

4. What an amazing thing to do..

for the whole country.

[bigwillq]

5. K and R!

:bounce:

[Pirate Smile]

7. Cute pic and this is the headline: 'What I Want for You — and Every Child'

"Next Tuesday, Barack Obama will be sworn in as our 44th President. On this historic occasion, PARADE asked the President-elect, who is also a devoted family man, to get personal and tell us what he wants for his children. Here, he shares his letter to them."

[Dangerously Amused]

8. Geeeeez, could I adore this guy any more??! K&R.

[gblady]

23. my thoughts, exactly...

he just keeps upping the bar...

[FrenchieCat]

9. oh boy......the Prez knows how to write a letter!

Dear Malia and Sasha,
.....
Not just because you have an obligation to give something back to this country that has given our family so much—although you do have that obligation. But because you have an obligation to yourself. Because it is only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential.

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. More than that, he can write a whole sentence!

Sorry, couldn't resist. It's been a depressing 8 years, what can I say? :)

[FrenchieCat]

16. Hell, the New Prez wins grammies just reading shit he wrote outloud!

Talk about progress!

[Pacifist Patriot]

20. Isn't the gap amazing?

We're going from a cretin who cannot read a teleprompter without gagging to the utter sublime. This is paradise!

[merh]

21. You have to read this article in Vanity Fair

the chasm that divides what we have had from what we will know is vast indeed.

whoops - here is the link
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4823143

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. Oh no, it's going to make me cry, isn't it?

I have 12, 8 and 5 year old sons. I'm trying to figure out how I can arrange for a prom date. Now that is a family I wouldn't mind for in-laws. Totally good enough for my babies. ;-)

[firedupdem]

14. Sweet! What a nice family. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

15. Let it be recorded that the Politico illiterates misquote the letter.

[Cha]

17. Wow, somebody knows how to

set up a pic~

[Clio the Leo]

19. The man knows how to talk to the American People doesn't he?

We all know who that letter was really to. Genius .... the man is a genius.

[my2sense]

22. k & r

[Connie_Corleone]

24. Kick and recommended!!

[Mad_Dem_X]

25. Just wonderful

What a marvelous man. We are so lucky to have him as our next President!