First Grandmother

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President-elect Obama sharing an intimate moment on election night
with his mother-in-law Marian Robinson, First Grandmother-elect

Marian Robinson
Michelle Obama's mother, birthname Marian Shields, born July 1937.<72> Secretary at Spiegel catalog. Robinson plans to move from Chicago to Washington with the First Family, to help care for her grand-daughters.<73>



http://flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/sets/72157608716313371/
More pictures here from the election night

[BumRushDaShow]

1. This should be great!

She would be like the Queen Mother was in England. :hug:

[CTyankee]

2. Classy. Just like her daughter, Michelle. n/t

[ThatsMyBarack]

7. Aw, I was gonna say that!

:hi: ;)

[applegrove]

3. You can tell he has great affection for her. Look at how open and relaxed he is.

And this before a huge speech. I'm gonna love all visual representation of this first family for the next 8 years. What a joy it will be to not have to cringe every time the President is pictures. What bliss.

[grantcart]

4. exactly and she looks like she can't believe what is happening

[Empowerer]

5. I thought it was so sweet the other night in Grant Park when

Biden stepped up with his mother, Obama stepped forward with Mrs. Robinson and the four of them waved together. The gesture and the message were so strong and powerful. Just lovely.

http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Barack+Obama+Holds+Election+Night+Gathering+FcuvQV8b9tcl.jpg

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11. It made me happy as a Senior to see that and those

photos really honor Mothers and Grands.

[goclark]

6. Classy ~ Will she be the 1st "1st Grandmother" to live in the WH?

I can't remember one~

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. There might have been in earlier times

[Patiod]

18. Both Truman and Eisenhower had MILs in the WH

Eisenhower's sounds okay - Truman did not like his very much

[DesertRat]

21. I thought that Hillary Clinton's mom lived with them

in the White House for awhile.

[AtomicKitten]

9. Their relationship IS family values in my book.

[A Brand New World]

10. I was thinking of this picture yesterday and that I would imagine MO's

mother has been a surrogate mother to BO for the past 16+ years. My MIL, who passed away in March of this year, was like a mother to me so I can appreciate his evident feelings for Mrs. Robinson. I thought it was great that he brought her forward when Biden brought his mother forward.

[Raine]

12. That's so COOL and it's just so wonderful the love

that the Obama family has for each other, it's another thing that makes this First Family so special. :loveya:

[H2O Man]

13. Very nice.

I really like that photo. Barack's victory is wonderful in the political and social senses. But there is the added bonus of the individual, human side of the story.

The "First Family" has captured the nation's attention. A number of people have commented to me that Barack seems like "someone they know, without ever having met him. My younger son had supported John Edwards, until the first time he heard Michelle speak; since then, he has identified her as an important leader, though obviously un-elected. When he and his peer group (college students) listen that closely to Michelle Obama, it is a good thing for this nation.

Those beautiful little girls will remind us all of what the real goal of public service and the world of politics is all about. We need to move beyond anger, hatred, and the impulse to exact revenge. We must seek that newer world. Their world.

Can you imagine what this experience is like for Michelle's mother? What better example could there possibly be, of the benefit of moving beyond those negative impulses, and trying to make the world a better place for one's children, and all children, than this lady?

[blogslut]

14. It will be so nice to have her in the White House

Her presence means that the girls will a have family member there for them at all times.

[gblady]

19. it will be interesting to see....

whether she actually lives in the White House
or in her own place, like she does in Chicago...
I read that she is fiercely independent
and hadn't made up her mind as yet...

[OneBlueSky]

15. if she's anything like the grandmas I know, she'll also keep Barack in line . . .

"What do you mean you can't make Sasha's birthday party? You just tell the prime minister that he'll have to come back tomorrow! My goodness, where are your priorities?" . . .

[MiniMe]

16. I think Michelle does that, and Obama does it too.

[susu369]

17. "Born July 1937"

What a beautiful lady for her age.

[demigoddess]

20. AWWWW, that is MY idea of a great son-in-law.

good father, good husband.