Here's a nice human interest story:
Kamala Harris Loves Her Stepchildren So Much, She's Their "Momala"
Katherine J Igoe
Fri, November 6, 2020, 3:18 PM CST·6 min read
Kamala Harris Loves Her Stepchildren So Much, She's Their "Momala"
From Marie Claire
Senator Kamala Harris, the former prosecutor and California attorney general who is Joe Biden's pick for vice president for the 2020 election, has a loving and supportive family. Her husband Douglas Emhoff has two children, Cole and Ella—to them, Harris is "Momala," because "Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn’t like the term 'stepmom.'" Harris has spoken publicly about her close bond with her stepkids and how much Cole and Ella mean to her. Now, given her new role and increased visibility, we'll likely going to hear more about them.
Kamala Harris was careful and thoughtful about meeting Cole and Ella.Cole and Ella are named after John Coltrane and Ella Fitzgerald. As Harris wrote in ELLE, being the child of divorced parents herself, she was very careful about her relationship with them both when she and Emhoff first started dating.
"I was determined not to insert myself in their lives until Doug and I had established we were in this for the long haul. Children need consistency; I didn’t want to insert myself into their lives as a temporary fixture because I didn’t want to disappoint them. There’s nothing worse than disappointing a child."
But she needn't have worried. The initial meeting went well, and Harris fell in love with the two kids. "Cole and Ella could not have been more welcoming. They are brilliant, talented, funny kids who have grown to be remarkable adults. I was already hooked on Doug, but I believe it was Cole and Ella who reeled me in." Harris says she even has a great relationship with Emhoff's ex, Kerstin.
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