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When Obama’s girls visited the White House

Ex-president George Bush’s twin daughters pen words of encouragement for President Obama’s daughters, reminiscing the girls’ first visit to the White House eight years ago

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Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, twin daughters of ex-president George W Bush Jr also shared photos of the Obama girls’ first visit to the White House in 2008, published on Today —Joyce N. Boghosian / White House Photo
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Even as America prepares to accept a new President, it is with some sense of loss and trepidation that the public sees the Obama family leave the White House. So Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, twin daughters of ex-president George W Bush Jr, shared a word of encouragement for the young Obama girls, as well as photos of their first visit to the White House in 2008.

Published on Today, the rare photos show the first time that wide-eyed Sasha and Malia Obama, ages 7 and 10 respectively at the time, set foot in the President’s abode.

The photos were released just a day after the Bush sisters penned a letter to the Obama girls in Time, reminiscing about their own entry to the White House, as well as advice for coping with life after having a President dad.

“Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a cold November day, we greeted you on the steps of the White House,” they wrote in the letter. “We saw both the light and wariness in your eyes as you gazed at your new home.”

“The four of us wandered the majestic halls of the house you had no choice but to move into. When you slid down the banister of the solarium, just as we had done as 8-year-olds and again as 20-year-olds chasing our youth, your joy and laughter were contagious.”

The girls said they’d witnessed Malia and Sasha steadily mature under the ever watchful gaze of the media. “We have watched you grow from girls to impressive young women with grace and ease. And through it all you had each other, just like we did.”

“Now you are about to join another rarified club, one of former First Children—a position you didn’t seek and one with no guidelines,” they said. “But you have so much to look forward to. You will be writing the story of your lives, beyond the shadow of your famous parents, yet you will always carry with you the experiences of the past eight years.”

The Bush girls also encouraged Sasha and Malia Obama to “never forget the wonderful people who work at the White House,” and to enjoy their life at college. “As most of the world knows, we did,” the girls joked

“And you won’t have the weight of the world on your young shoulders anymore,” they said. “Explore your passions. Learn who you are. Make mistakes — you are allowed to. You have lived through the unbelievable pressure of the White House. You have listened to harsh criticism of your parents by people who had never even met them. You stood by as your precious parents were reduced to headlines. Your parents, who put you first and who not only showed you but gave you the world.”

“As always, they will be rooting for you as you begin your next chapter,” they ended. “And so will we.”

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