Michelle, 62, credited her husband with expanding the life she once imagined, saying he pushed her beyond a smaller path and gave her courage and bold possibility. She praised him as her ballast and reflected on the ups and downs that have strengthened them.
Their candid exchange came as the couple returned to Chicago for the Barack Obama Presidential Library opening, where they recalled South Side landmarks — their wedding reception site, the neighborhood where their daughters were born, their first home and where he launched his early political career.