03 Aug Woman Invites The Obamas To Her Wedding, And Gets The Most Beautiful Reply

We all dream of reaching out to our heroes, and striking up a correspondence with the paragons of the modern world. But can we ever get a response from them?

Receiving a letter from a US President, if it happens, has always been a thing of great pride. My grandmother’s father received a letter from a President I can not remember, perhaps it was Taft, but he kept that letter and my grandmother still has it to this day.

No matter how brief or formal, there is something magical about receiving words from people we consider to be unreachable, or larger than life. The Obamas are the center of so much hope and idealism in the world, that a letter from them could mean the absolute world from someone who idolises them. Perhaps it’s a recognition of social media before the social media age – it’s like getting Retweeted or referenced by your favorite celebrity.

For people like Obama, and anyone at his level of responsibility and fame, living as an individual in the world is likely a very disorienting experience. Who you are no longer matters – you are a symbol of something beyond your control. You’re no longer a person, but a mythical foundation for people to appeal to.

When writers evoke the Obamas, it is always in the context of a history that will demolish or revive their ideas. Existing so close to the movements of history makes a person lose touch, and become ‘institutionalized’.

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