This is what I needed after a morning full of news about MSNBC’s pathetic “Commander In Chief Forum” last night. In case you missed it, Donald Trump lied his ass off and Matt Lauer hates Hillary Clinton. Thankfully, we still have more than four months to enjoy the Obamas. Michelle and Barack Obama cover the October issue of Essence, and Michelle went solo for the cover of InStyle. Both covers are absolutely beautiful, and both are giving me a case of the feels and a case of the sads. Why can’t we have four more years of Obama??? WHY??? Here are some highlights from the Essence & InStyle interviews:

Michelle on Snapchat: “I’m still learning it. I’m fortunate enough to have a team of young people, because they get it. People on social media want to have fun.”

FLOTUS isn’t trendy: “I tend to not worry about the trends, because what works for an 18-year-old selfie queen may not for a 52-year-old First Lady who is a mom of teenagers she’s trying to be a good role model for.”

What she wants from her post-White House life: “Well, the honest answer is I have no idea, just like I had no idea what my life would be like living in the White House. My hopes are that we recapture some everydayness, some anonymity. And we know that will take some time. But I always joke that I dream of opening up my front door and walking out without any notification, without any security…But at the same time, there are many aspects to living in the White House that we’ll miss—the folks who work here, the staff who takes care of our families, my team who works on these issues. I mean, these are the people we see every day. They’ve cared for us for eight years. My children’s formative years have been in this house. But we’re young. Barack and I still want to do great work.”

POTUS on America: “…I can unequivocally say that America is better off now than we were when we came into office. By almost every economic measure, we’re better off. But having said that, we still have a lot of work to do.”

Michelle on the Obama Era: “I think when it comes to Black kids, it means something for them to have spent most of their life seeing the family in the White House look like them. It matters. All the future work that Barack talked about, I think over these last few years, we’ve kind of knocked the ceiling of limitation off the roofs of many young kids; imaginations of what’s possible for them. And as a mother, I wouldn’t underestimate how important that is, having that vision that you can really do anything—not because somebody told you, but because you’ve seen and experienced it. I think that will be a lasting impact on our kids.”

[From E! News & Essence]

You know what this reminded me of? Donald Trump’s asinine and misogynistic comment that Hillary Clinton doesn’t “look presidential.” Because that was part of implicit and explicit criticism of Barack Obama too: that he didn’t have “the presidential look.” Except that I think the Obamas are now and have always been the picture of grace, class, elegance, coolness, intelligence and family values. This is what a president looks like. This is what a First Family looks like. And my God, we’re going to miss them.

Last thing: they are killing me with this photo. I am dead now.

Photos courtesy of Essence & InStyle.