Check out the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on the cover of Good Housekeeping Magazine 125th anniversary collectors issue. The first lady sat down with Good Housekeeping Magazine for an Exclusive interview just to talk about being a women, mother and wife, her everyday life as well as a few other things. Check it out below. Interview by Rosemary Ellis.
Rosemary Ellis: So, when your husband told you that he wanted to run for President, how'd you feel about that? What was your first reaction?
Michelle Obama: My first reaction was, "Don't — Please don't."
RE: That would be my first reaction.
Michelle Obama: "Let's not and say we did." But after thinking about it, and, quite frankly, with every political run that Barack made, my instinct was to talk him out of it. I didn't see the value in politics. I think I was probably cynical — like a lot of Americans — that you really can't make change through the political process. So I spent a huge chunk of our marriage trying to convince him to do something more sensible to change the world like be a principal or write books. There are so many other things. But each and every time I confronted that doubt in my own mind, I started thinking beyond myself because the initial reaction is always how I would feel. It's always the selfish "This is going to be hard on me, it's going to be hard on my girls."
RE: Well, and it is.
Michelle Obama: It is. The only people who know what this is like are the handful of people who've had the pleasure of going through it. But then I start thinking beyond me. I always joke that I took off my "me" hat and put on my "us" hat. And I started thinking about where I would hope to see the country go for my girls. Then I started thinking about the type of person that I want to see in politics. And that always turned out to be a guy like Barack.
RE: Right.
Michelle Obama: So I thought, "Well, how can I stand in the way of something that could help so many people?" And I started thinking, I couldn't make this sacrifice. I mean, I have had advantages. I've been blessed. I've been lucky to come from a middle-class background and be able to go to some of the best schools in the country. I'm prepared for this. So let's give it a go. And if we can do something good, then the sacrifice is nothing in comparison. That's my thought process. That was always the case.
RE: That's a big trajectory.
Michelle Obama: It's a huge arc.
RE: And here you are.
Michelle Obama: Here we are.
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THE FIRST LADY- WHO IS MICHELLE OBAMA
