"Years before meeting [Kamala] Harris, [Douglas] Emhoff was married to a woman named Kerstin, and they had two children together: Cole (after jazz saxophonist John Coltrane)..."

"... and Ella (after Ella Fitzgerald, of course). When Emhoff and Harris hit it off, the future attorney general was initially very wary of the idea of meeting his kids because she knew just how important they were to him. 'As a child of divorce, I knew how hard it could be when your parents start to date other people... And I was determined not to insert myself in their lives until Doug and I had established we were in this for the long haul. Children need consistency; I didn’t want to insert myself into their lives as a temporary fixture because I didn’t want to disappoint them. There’s nothing worse than disappointing a child.'"

From "Kamala Harris Husband, Douglas Emhoff, Is Her Number One Fan/Douglas Emhoff is the unofficial president of the #TeamKamala fan club" (Marie Claire).

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Grateful every day to be Momala to Ella and Cole.

A post shared by Kamala Harris (@kamalaharris) on May 12, 2019 at 4:13pm PDT