Yeah...what really made me sad regarding Sasha was this quote:
"His ache for time lost with his daughters feels palpable. On his plane recently, he described the nightly calls home. Malia, 9, is loquacious, rattling off every detail of her day. Six-year-old Sasha, whom he has nicknamed Cool Breeze, goes monosyllabic.
How was your day? “Fiiiine,” Mr. Obama mimics her uninterested voice.
Because, well, when you haven't really seen your Dad much for a year and you're six, of course you're going to distance yourself... And the adult Obamas made that choice knowingly, and knowing what it would do to their family, but still. Got to be hard for a six-year-old.
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"His ache for time lost with his daughters feels palpable. On his plane recently, he described the nightly calls home. Malia, 9, is loquacious, rattling off every detail of her day. Six-year-old Sasha, whom he has nicknamed Cool Breeze, goes monosyllabic.
How was your day? “Fiiiine,” Mr. Obama mimics her uninterested voice.
Because, well, when you haven't really seen your Dad much for a year and you're six, of course you're going to distance yourself... And the adult Obamas made that choice knowingly, and knowing what it would do to their family, but still. Got to be hard for a six-year-old.