Thanks For Being Here Eulogy For Mike "Mick" O'Shea

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

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🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Heather O’Shea submitted this lovely eulogy, written by her sister Colleen, for their dad Mike “Mick” O’Shea. The father of five daughters, Mike is remembered as a loving family man, the life of the party and someone who always found a way to bring people together.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, welcome to thanks for being here, a short, weekly pod to remind us of the many
0:06.0	essential and beautiful ways we affect one another. Every Sunday, I'll read a submission
0:12.2	from a listener of Kelly Corrigan Wonders, could be wedding vows or about mitzvah toast,
0:16.8	a eulogy, or retirement speech. We believe this is probably the loveliest way to tap into
0:22.9	our better selves and remember our highest values. We encourage you to share this podcast
0:28.5	each week with one person you love. Maybe someone you miss need to bring closer,
0:33.6	someone you want to feel your appreciation or admiration or both. This is thanks for being here.
0:47.1	This week's thanks for being here is from Heather O'Shea. Hi Kelly, fellow spider here and
0:53.8	former Baltimore girl. I know we have many you are friends and common, you're closer an
0:58.0	age to my sister Jackie, but as a result of adored your books over the years. And I use your
1:02.4	podcasts as the perfect thing for my windshield time as I cover Virginia and North Carolina for work.
1:08.7	We lost our dad rather suddenly to COVID in October 2021. He was 78. My sister Colleen gave this
1:15.5	beautiful eulogy of our dad, Mike Mick O'Shea. If they didn't know each other on Earth, I know
1:22.0	Greeny and Mick became fast friends and are yuckin' it up in heaven. All about their Baltimore
1:26.6	friends. And even though dad was a Calvert Hall grad, I would love to hear you read this. Thanks,
1:32.4	Heather. This is Mike O'Shea's eulogy. It was delivered November 4th, 2021 by Colleen P. O'Shea,
1:40.5	the fourth of his five daughters. First, let's acknowledge that I am probably the last person
1:49.4	any of you expected to climb those other steps and give this eulogy. Well, our dad has earned this.
1:55.2	I can and will get through this. He taught me grit and guts and grace. And so here goes.
2:02.6	I like messy people. People who don't fit in a box or stay between the lines, but whose integrity
2:08.6	is greater than any rule book and his loyalty is stronger than blood. Perfectly describes
2:14.8	Michael P. O'Shea, doesn't it? He was messy. Did you ever see the interior of any car he drove
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