“We all have our tender spots and our instincts is to keep them protected.” before Michelle Obama released her book Becoming she revealed that she regularly doubted herself.
“I am proud of this book truly because of what it means to me and hopefully what it will mean to you, I knew from the outset that if I was going to write a memoir it had to include more than the shade of blue I chose for a china pattern and who was or wasn’t invited to a state dinner …this isn’t to say any of this way easy particularly the experience of baring this truest version of myself for the entire world to accept or leave behind.”
The night before her book was released was so overwhelmed, “the following evening I was scheduled to discuss my memoir with Oprah Winfrey in front of 14000 in a professional basketball arena, an event that would kick off a worldwide tour. I laid awake anxious in my bed worried that these little stories couldn’t bear the enormous load. What if people hate it or just don’t care at all.
My husband stays up much later than me and thankfully he was still awake when my fears came to visit and would leave me, he would put his arms around me and tell me everything will be okay.”
“We all have our tender spots and our instincts is to keep them protected.” wrote Michelle.
