Sanded down with a little grace they said she instilled in them. don t sweat the small stuff and know what s truly precious. marion robinson was one of seven children and grew up on the south side of chicago robinson study to become a teacher before working as a secretary, according to the family s statement about her passing? she married frasier robinson and had two children, craig and michele, according to her family, she taught her children to read at an early age, took them to drive in movies and taught them to believe in the power and worth of their own voices. in 2008, robinson had a front row seat to history when her son-in-law, barak obama came president and her daughter, first lady of the united states on election night, she was right there holding barack obama s hand. soon, she said goodbye to the south side of chicago and moved to the white house, taking on the role of what she called first grandmother her husband had passed away in 1991 here s what marian robinson told the
Wisdom came off as almost innate as something she was born with. but in reality, it was hard earned and fashioned by her deep understanding that the world s roughest edges could always be sandi down with a little grace. and certainly that is a lesson in a message she will have how did on her daughter, her son-in-law, and her granddaughters as she moved with them from chicago to the white house back in 2008, this enormous transition that she was on hand to make a little bit easier for members of her family and the statement and previous statements from mrs. obama and president obama have described her as really something of a grounding for course, in the white house, both for her own children and her grandchildren. and it was interesting, they say in the statement, it took a healthy nudge, as they said, to get her to move to the white house at all? hello. but in the end, they really describe her as recognizing the importance that that would have in raising grounded children. it s a very difficult place. i think to
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Change things so they could make a difference. and when you feel that when citizens are powered, and that s what i think has to happen again now, it s now up to the citizens to determine that election. what kind of an america we want and what kind of a candidate do we want? you wouldn t even have to mention the former president s name to say, do we want a candidate for president? what do we want a president who cannot accept loss with grace, who cannot acknowledge errors, who does not have resilience, who most importantly is unwilling to put ambition for south. he is a bishop for the greater good above ambition for yourself that s the critical thing you needed a leader. you look at all the leaders i ve studied and all of those qualities, those emotional what qualities are what we re looking for. we have to ask, does this man has shown us qualities? you wouldn t even have to mention his name. just say those are the qualities we want and you d see what s happening. doris kearns goodwin, always great to have you. thanks so much for being on thank you, allison all right here s an incredible update, 20 years
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