Obama shared an adorable throwback picture to celebrate Michelle's 55th birthday
- Michelle Obama celebrated her 55th birthday on Thursday.
- In a touching post on Twitter, her husband, former President Barack Obama, shared a throwback of the two of them early on in their relationship.
Barack Obama toasted his wife on her 55th birthday with a touching tribute on Twitter.
The former president shared a throwback picture of him and Michelle from early on in their relationship.
A young Michelle beams as Barack puts his arm around her, holding a newspaper.
"I knew it way back then and I'm absolutely convinced of it today — you're one of a kind, @MichelleObama. Happy birthday!" Obama wrote in the post.
I knew it way back then and I’m absolutely convinced of it today — you’re one of a kind, @MichelleObama. Happy Birthday! pic.twitter.com/ejqm0uC9J4
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 17, 2019
The couple celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary back in October. In her new memoir, "Becoming," Michelle details how her marriage to Obama was unlikely — he made a terrible first impression and she was against dating him, since they met when he was an intern at the Chicago law firm where she worked.
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