The Obamas are in mourning.
Marian Shields Robinson—the mother of former First Woman Michelle Obama and the grandmother of her and former President Barack Obama‘s youngsters Malia, 25, and Sasha, 22—died on the morning of Could 31. She was 86.
“Marian Lois Shields Robinson—our mom, mother-in-law, and grandmother—had a method of summing up the truths about life in a phrase or two, possibly a fast phrase that made everybody round her cease and assume,” the household mentioned in a press release shared to their social media accounts Could 31. “Her knowledge got here off as virtually innate, as one thing she was born with, however in actuality it was hard-earned, original by her deep understanding that the world’s roughest edges might all the time be sanded down with somewhat grace.”
They continued, “As a mom, she was our backstop, a relaxed and nonjudgmental witness to our triumphs and stumbles. She was all the time, all the time there, welcoming us again residence irrespective of how far we had journeyed, with that deep and abiding love.”
