ICYMI, Sasha Obama, the youngest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama, is officially a student. In a recent Today & # 39; hui Interviewed by Jenna Bush Hager on Tuesday, Michelle opened up about watching 18-year-old Sasha leave the nest and revealed that it was as moving an experience for her as it would be for any mother.
"There were (tears)," he said. "We were really good about it. You know, we didn't want to embarrass her because she had roommates... But then we went to lunch, and that was at the end, after lunch, when we said goodbye for the last time, when we got in a car, Barack and Malia, who were there with us. And then Sasha left alone and said the last goodbye, it was in that moment that we were so lovely!
During the interview, Michelle was in a rural classroom in Vietnam where she works with Girls Opportunity Alliance to promote girls' education, which she was inspired to do after watching her own daughters blossom into such incredible young women. "Spend your childhood growing up under the eyes of the world and get out of this situation: they are kind, they are compassionate, they are smart, they are everything I see in girls that are here in Vietnam and around the world," she Michelle said. "I mean that's one of the reasons I'm so passionate about educating girls because I see myself, I see my daughters, in these girls. different."
As proud as Michelle is of her daughters, she admitted that seeing Sasha gone was a bittersweet experience. "I feel a little melancholy because it will never be the little ones sitting on your lap and listening to your every word and looking at you with adoration, these days are over," she said. "There was a purpose to (saying goodbye), because sending her son to college is the official start of her next chapter, and I'm excited for them," she said. "I am delighted that my daughters are growing up and becoming independent.
