Bush and daughter of 43rd president George W. Bush is a force to be reckoned with.
Still, there’s a lot to know about her.
Here’s what you may not realize about the former first daughter.
“By sixth grade, I was a nonconformist conformist … High-fives of docile solidarity all around!
This was, of course, well before her grandparents were world-famous public figures.
She was, as she noted, a little girl with a big name.
As shetold Time magazine, the experience shook her to her core.
“I was so upset,” she wrote.
He died when I was seventeen, so by now I’ve made half a lifetime of wishes.”
In 2016, she went to see a healer and indeed, the encounter was deeply healing for her.
You’ve been all over the world and he’s gotten to go on this journey with you.'
Then she said, ‘He says you’re free to stop counting stars now.'"
The New York Timesreporter Frank Bruni noted that this encounter was his favorite insider anecdote in the book.
Somehow Barbara managed to maintain her composure.
“Since I started running, I haven’t stopped!”
“The West Side Highway is a great path,” she shared.
“I usually start in Tribeca and go up along the water.
“I love Texas, but I wanted a change,” she told Vogue.
[the University of Texas] all my friends from junior high and high school.”
She wound up attending Yale, from which she graduated in 2004.
She landed the internship and began cutting her teeth in the world of New York fashion and design.
After seeing the impact of global health initiatives like PEPFAR, she was inspired to take action.
That conversation led to a more crystallized vision of her mission.
Are you going to be happy leaving this on your to-do list forever?'"
That got her motivated to put her plans into action, and the rest is history.
And everyone should have the right to marry the person they love."
“But I had talked to my dad about doing it, and he was very supportive.
What surprised me were all the people who said: ‘How brave!
Betraying your family like that.’
And that is unique and incredible.
It’s a silver bullet, if you ask me.”
Apparently, Bush wakes up to a text from her dad every single day.
However, the women aren’t afraid to set the record straight: They aren’t affiliated withanyone party.
“I think it’s surprising for people.
And, well, Jenna seized the opportunity.
“But you know what?
Yet, the Yale grad has another passion to fill any spare minutes she might have: reading.
The twins have even looped their dad into their fun by inviting him to read along with them.
Curious about what throw in of tome this former daughter likes to read?
As it turns out, though, Barbara did a little hell-raising of her own.
Yes, you read that right.
“So we took the photo, and I did it.
And then the school printed it,” she told Handler.
Scraping gum of the sidewalks after school.
I like knowing that I can build a life anywhere, I love that pop in of experience.”
When asked who was the better cook, neither had to think long before bestowing the title upon Jenna.
“Probably me, because I cook,” Jenna said, to which Barbara agreed.
“If you cooked, you might be good,” the more culinary inclined twin posited.
On the plus side, the sisters did agree that Barbara isn’t totally without talent in the kitchen.
“I would say you’re more of a set designer for food.
you’ve got the option to put food out nicely,” Jenna said.
Nice compromise, ladies.
I did not know that it was because you were president.”
The misunderstanding didn’t stop there, though, because what fun would that be?
Even when she breaks the rules, she goes all out.
“I was 14, I went crowd-surfing, obviously, as a 14 year old.
I was about 80 pounds.
Suffice it to say, their mother, Laura, has yet to forget it, either.
“My mom brings it up every quarter basically,” Bush shared, laughing.
And she was like, ‘I know.
That Pearl Jam concert.'”
Bush recounted her love story withPeopleand revealed that their mutual friends set them up.
Coyne, who lived in Los Angeles, was in town visiting family.
However, there was a catch.
They met again weeks later minus the group and the rest is history.
Bush married as soon as she could so her grandfather, former president George H.W.
Bush, could see her walk down the aisle.
“We just thought, let’s give a shot to do it soon.
Bush was able to attend his granddaughter’s wedding in October 2018 he died one month later.
Then I felt how poignant and meaningful it was in a place that meant something to my grandmother.”
She was even encouraged by her late grandmother, Barbara, who Bush referred to as Ganny.
You should have a baby, if you want,'" Bush recalled toToday.
Ultimately, she didn’t have to make the journey alone.
Barbara told the outlet that her sister taught her how to be a mom.
“I’ve had a lot of practice,” the auntie of three said.
