First lady looks back at her personal challenges of the past year Her every word, gesture and outfit has been analyzed and second-guessed. Is she taking on too much? Why isn't she doing more? Should her arms be bare? Are her shorts too short? "It wasn't something that I was prepared for," she said as she looked back on her first year as first lady. Every once in a while Michelle Obama checks in with old friends. "Do you still recognize me?" she'll ask. "Do I still feel like Michelle?" In the past year, the first lady's name has popped up on Forbes' "most powerful women" list, People's "most beautiful" list, Time's "most influential" list, Vanity Fair's "international best-dressed" list, Barbara Walters' "most fascinating" list. And so on. Her every word, move, bite, gesture, dress and shoe has been analyzed and second-guessed. Is she taking on too much? Why isn't she doing more?... Read the full story. Related stories:
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First lady looks back at her personal challenges of the past year
Her every word, gesture and outfit has been analyzed and second-guessed. Is she taking on too much? Why isn't she doing more? Should her arms be bare? Are her shorts too short? "It wasn't something that I was prepared for," she said as she looked back on her first year as first lady.
Every once in a while Michelle Obama checks i