MICHELLE Obama's last speech as United States First Lady showed the optimist she has always been.
While the role of Flotus is often thankless, Americans owe a great deal of gratitude to the woman who made the title her own.
More engaged than most who have gone before, certainly more
energetic, she was also more in touch with the issues that matter. And not just in black lives. Her emphasis on education, young people and health was not just for show.
Much of this work and direction had started years before, and the White House was simply a continuum.
Her sense of humour and sense of self, as well as the dignity she brought to the job, have been priceless.
