#our

It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#ago #bills #change #easier #few

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically - that's not how he was raised - he cared that it was the right thing to do. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#another day #barack #care #cared #comes

Another suggestion is to cook a meal, maybe not every night, but a couple more times a week than you usually do. That way you have leftovers, and you take your lunch to work. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#cook #couple #every #every night #leftovers

I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business. But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#any #asking #business #change #changes

Like so many American families, our families weren't asking for much. They didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they did... in fact, they admired it. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#american #american families #anyone #asking #care

My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls... that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#continue #even #first #going #honesty

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#actually #afford #also #encourage #enough

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#becomes #culture #everyday #fast #fast food

Ultimately this issue is on us. We're the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#decisions #eat #issue #kids #make

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#ahead #decency #dignity #getting #hard