You Shaped Who I am—Michelle Obama Tells Mum At 85

<h4>You Shaped Who I am&&num;8212&semi;Michelle Obama Tells Mum At 85<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that Michelle Obama has penned down beautiful lines that exposed the care and intuitions she gained from her mother&comma; Marian Lois Robinson &lpar;née Shields&rpar; on the occasion of her 85th birthday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Born on July 29&comma; 1937&comma; Marian Lois Robinson gave birth to the Michelle Obama&comma; former First Lady of the United States and Craig Robinson&comma; a basketball executive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The mother-in-law of 44th U&period;S&period; President Barack Obama&comma; was the fourth of seven children—five girls&comma; followed by two boys—born to Purnell Nathaniel Shields&comma; a house painter and carpenter&comma; and his wife Rebecca Jumper&comma; a licensed practical nurse&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Both parents had multi-racial ancestry&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her mother&&num;8217&semi;s grandfather&comma; Dolphus T&period; Shields &lpar; 1860–1950&rpar;&comma; was a direct descendant of slavery&comma; with his mother enslaved and his white father the heir of the slaver&semi; he had moved from rural Georgia to Birmingham&comma; Alabama&comma; where he established his own carpentry and tool sharpening business&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His descendants would eventually move to Chicago during the Great Migration&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Writing on her Facebook wall&comma; Michelle Obama said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Happy birthday to the woman who has guided me through life&period; Your love&comma; your support—all of your thoughtful advice—means more to me than you&&num;8217&semi;ll ever know&period; You’ve always been my backstop—a calm and nonjudgmental witness to my life and a vital source of my sanity&period; Thank you for teaching me how to trust my own judgement and for always giving me those much-needed reality checks&period; I’ve dedicated a chapter to sharing your wonderful parenting advice in The Light We Carry&comma; and I can’t wait for everybody to take in all of your words of wisdom&period; I love you so much&comma; mom&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;