Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are counting
the days to the end of their stay in the White
House and Michelle has given her final speech.
The 52-year-old First Lady delivered her remarks
during a ceremony honoring the 2017 School
Counselor of the Year in the East Room of the
White House on Friday (January 6) in Washington,
DC.
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: U.S. first
lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks during a
ceremony honoring the 2017 School Counselor of
the Year in the East Room of the White House
January 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. These were
the last public remarks by the first lady during
her husband Barack Obama’s presidency. (Photo
by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: U.S. first
lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks during a
ceremony honoring the 2017 School Counselor of
the Year in the East Room of the White House
January 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. These were
the last public remarks by the first lady during
her husband Barack Obama’s presidency. (Photo
by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
She thanked teachers “all across this nation who
get up every day and work their hearts out to lift
up our young people.”
She added “I am so grateful to all of you for your
passion and your dedication and all the hard work
on behalf of the next generation, and I can think
of no better way to end my time as first lady than
celebrating with all of you, so I want to close
today by simply saying ‘thank you,’” she told the
crowd. “Being your first lady has been the
greatest honor of my life, and I hope I’ve made
you proud.”
Michelle Obama choked up as she encouraged
young Americans to stay hopeful about the
country’s future and do their part to create
change.
