A few days afterfirst opening up to PEOPLEabout the “emotional” process of sending youngest daughterSasha Obamato college this year, former First LadyMichelle ObamasharedwithTodaysome more details about that day and Sasha’s new life away from home.
But “we were really good about it,” she added in an interview that aired Tuesday. (The Obamas have asked to keep private where Sasha, 18, is enrolled.) “We didn’t want to embarrass her because, y’know, she had roommates.”
It was later in the day, however, that the poignancy of the moment really struck, Mrs. Obama said.
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With a laugh, Mrs. Obama re-enacted a few of their sniffles.
“I’m excited for my girls to grow up and to become independent,” she told Hager, with whomshe has been in Vietnam this weekspotlighting support for girls’ education. “But it is — you feel a little melancholy that they will never be the little ones that sit on your lap and listen to your every word and look at you adoringly. Those days are over.”
Last week, PEOPLE named Mrs. Obama one of fourPeople of the Year. In an interviewabout her record-breaking 2019, she also looked back at Sasha leaving home for college.
“Time just goes so fast. But like so many experiences in the last 10 years, we wanted to make it feel as normal as possible, given our family’s circumstances,” she told PEOPLE then.
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“It was of course a little emotional to drop Sasha off at college,” Mrs. Obama said last week, admitting “the tough part” has been “missing our girls.”
“It’s an adjustment to see each other for a weekend here, a holiday break there,” she added, “but the moments we do spend together feel extra special because of it.”
source: people.com
