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To: Bridge Player who wrote (442443)	8/24/2011 6:48:58 PM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794049

I believe she does, and I also think she accompanied Michelle on her trip to Africa.

To: Bridge Player who wrote (442443)	8/24/2011 7:32:01 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794049

Marian Robinson Associated Press Updated: May 4, 2009 I'm sure she goes wherever Sasha and Malia go. Marian Robinson, a widow and retired secretary, is the mother of Michelle Obama. She served as the chief caretaker of her granddaughters during their mother’s frequent absences in the 2008 presidential campaign and joined the Obamas in the White House in January 2009. Mrs. Robinson, known as tough-minded but loving, has been the bedrock of the Obama family. During the campaign, she retired from her job as a bank secretary to care for her grandchildren, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7. She accompanied them to school and to piano and dance lessons, cooked their meals, ran their baths and put them to bed. And she continues to play a critical role in the family's effort to keep the girls' lives as normal as possible. Since moving to the executive mansion, Mrs. Robinson has spent much of her time tending to Malia and Sasha. But she has also managed to carve out her own space and to build a satisfying private life, according to Obama administration officials. She entertains visitors from Chicago, attends White House dinners and has become a familiar figure at the Kennedy Center, where she often sits in the president's box and chats with performers. If she stays through Mr. Obama's term, she will be the first mother-in-law to live in the White House full time since the Truman presidency, historians say. While Mrs. Robinson has been the family mainstay, she has also prized her independence. She chose to work as a secretary, though her parents had preferred that she become a teacher. She ran the 50- and 100-yard dashes in the Illinois senior games when she was well into her 60s. The White House is a world away from the working-class black neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago where Mrs. Robinson and her late husband, Fraser Robinson, raised their two children to succeed. Mr. Robinson was a pump operator for the water department in Chicago. Mrs. Robinson stayed at home with the children until Mrs. Obama was in high school. In an interview with The New York Times in 2008, Mrs. Robinson said she had encouraged her children to speak their minds and gave them room to make mistakes. ''It was always 'hard work' and 'don't let people stop you,' '' said Mrs. Robinson, who took math and reading workbooks home so her children were always ahead in school. She insisted on discipline and chores to teach the importance of accountability. topics.nytimes.com ...... Mrs. Robinson still spends much of her time tending to the Obama girls, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7. She shuttles them to and from school most days and accompanies them to some play dates, the first lady said. She attends class presentations, helps with homework and baby-sits when the president and first lady need extra help. .... In her chat with Congressional spouses, she suggested that her mother helped bring something precious to the White House, a sense of normalcy in extraordinary times. “I feel like I’ve never left Chicago,” the first lady said. “Soccer on Saturday — yes, I’m on a soccer field all day, just like many of you. Slumber parties — we had about seven girls over, screaming and yelling. “And we’re shuttling kids back and forth to play dates, just like usual, although now my mom does a little more of the shuttling than I do. I’m glad to have her here.” nytimes.com Michelle Obama: My mother lives with us, does her own laundry; Planning to teach Malia to do same It must be nice to have the White House do your laundry for you week after week. Unless you're Marian Robinson, the First Lady's mother and the President's mother-in-law – she believes in doing her own laundry and plans on teaching granddaughter Malia to do the same, the First Lady told Gayle King on " The Gayle King Show." "Grandma's going to be in charge of that cause my mother still does her own laundry. She doesn't want strangers touching her intimate wears," said Michelle Obama. .... nydailynews.com