What it Took to Become Michelle Obama

One of the main reasons why Michelle Obama turned out the way she did is because of her parents.

That’s a good thing, by the way. Just in case anyone took that first sentence as a criticism of her parents!

Some of the best parts of Michelle’s entire autobiography have to do with the example her parents set for her, the intangible gifts they gave her, and how they set her up for every possible success in the future. Would that we all had parents like hers!

Becoming is a wonderful book and there’s so much in here that everyone could benefit from, even though most people — including myself — could find fault with at least some of it. I won’t focus on that first, though.

I loved this book — the entire Obama family just seems marvelous, and I really, really enjoyed listening to her read the audiobook version. It’s always better when the author themselves read their own work.

Her husband’s presidency was just kinda “meh,” in my opinion, even though I believe that he worked incredibly hard and that he’s phenomenal as an individual.