Michelle Obama has opened up on her role as First Lady as she stuns on the cover of Vogue magazine.
The 'mom in chief' - who has daughters Malia, 18, and Sasha, 15, with husband and outgoing president Barack Obama - is a vision in white on the front of the publication's December 2016 issue.
It's her third cover shoot, and with her man's administration coming to an end, Michelle has been reflecting on the last eight years in the White House.
"[I could have] spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment," she told Vogue.
"Because any first lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There's no legislative authority; you're not elected. And that's a wonderful gift of freedom."
She explained how children looked to people in the public eye for advice and influence on how to live their lives.
"They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say," she added. "That means something to me.
The 'mom in chief' - who has daughters Malia, 18, and Sasha, 15, with husband and outgoing president Barack Obama - is a vision in white on the front of the publication's December 2016 issue.
It's her third cover shoot, and with her man's administration coming to an end, Michelle has been reflecting on the last eight years in the White House.
"[I could have] spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment," she told Vogue.
"Because any first lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There's no legislative authority; you're not elected. And that's a wonderful gift of freedom."
She explained how children looked to people in the public eye for advice and influence on how to live their lives.
"They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say," she added. "That means something to me.
"Maybe because I still have kids and I know that they're influenced
by people they look up to, but it makes us want to live right and do
right and be right — Every. Single. Day. — so that we don't ever
disappoint these kids and they have something to hold on to, and so that
they know — as I say all the time — I can do this. You can do this."
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