Samara O'Shea's Blog, page 5

5 Calls

Two weeks ago I downloaded the free app 5 Calls (just like Michael Moore told me to :). I’ve called senators Toomey and Casey every day since. This app makes it insanely easy! The app gives you a script (you choose the issues important to you) and dials the number. If the line is busy, […]

The Bride Wore Red

I was watching a documentary about Joan Crawford the other day and a short clip was played from the 1937 movie The Bride Wore Red. The clip was of Joan delivering the following (unrequited love related) line in a feisty, over-the-top manner. I found it worth sharing. I’m sure the line doesn’t work as well […]

40 days and 40 nights

Greetings ~ I’m giving up FB and Twitter for Lent. They’ve become too anxiety inducing for me lately. That being said, it’ll still be a challenge because I am endlessly curious as what others think of the latest news. I will remain active on Instagram. I’m fairly new to Instagram and find it to be […]

The Art of Being

“If other people do not understand our behavior—so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to us. If this is being “asocial” or “irrational” in their eyes, so be it. Mostly they resent our freedom and our courage to be ourselves. We owe nobody an explanation [...]

Autobiography In Five Short Chapters

I’m taking a certification class in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Recently, our instructor casually mentioned a poem called “Autobiography In Five Short Chapters.” She says it’s something she shares with clients on occasion to help them take responsibility for their actions and to emphasize that change is gradual. She didn’t bring the poem up on [...]

To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation

A big thank you to the staff of the White House mail room who selected 10 letters per day for the President to read. Thank you Mr. President for requesting to read these letters daily as soon as you got into office. I appreciate your wanting to connect with “We the people.” Unfortunately, I don’t [...]

To Trust or Not to Trust

“If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn’t walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her. Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose [...]

Dear Madam Secretary

A letter a few family members of mine and I sent to Hillary Clinton: Dear Madam Secretary, We are the Femocrats, so named because we are, for the most part, the female andliberal arm of a terrific family in the Philly area. We are a writer, a pediatrician, a government worker, a realtor, a retired [...]

Welcome to Whoville

This is what I posted on Facebook the morning of November 9th: Friends, It’s as if we are the Whos of Whoville and we woke up to discover that our gifts and the food for our feast had been stolen in the night. We know what to do: Go outside and hold hands and sing [...]

#ThrowbackThursday – Brad and Angie Version

Throwback to September 2014 when I feared marriage would ruin the Jolie-Pitt relationship.