Barack and I had so much fun reading Where the Wild Things Are – a family favorite – in the new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center. Check it out! 📚
The Lessons I Learned from My Dad
I am not the man my father is.
I am trying. Some days closer. Some days farther.
He never sat me down and explained these lessons. He lived them. I’m still learning them.
Show up.
The kitchen table. The hospital room. The funeral. The picket line. The call from the son who won’t answer.
Show up.
Most days that’s the whole job.
My whole life I watched him do it. Not for cameras. Not for headlines. Not because there was something in it for him. He showed up because someone needed him.
I learned that grief doesn’t make you special.
My father buried a wife and daughter. He buried a son. Yet he never treated grief as a claim on other people’s sympathy. Instead, it made him notice theirs.
A mother who lost a child. A father sitting beside a hospital bed. A kid scared about what comes next. A son who lost his mother, his sister, his brother.
He always noticed.
I learned that power is not the point.
The people who chase power eventually confuse the office with themselves.
My father never did.
Whether he was a county councilman, a senator, vice president, or president, he was the same man.
The title changed.
He didn’t.
I learned that family comes first.
The train from Wilmington wasn’t symbolism.
It was every night.
He read to us. Showed up to games. Sat through hospital rooms. Waited up for children who were lost.
And when the day came that the country and the family could not both have him at full strength, he chose family. He relinquished the last chapter of how he wanted to be remembered. And he never complained about it.
Most of all, I learned that love is not soft.
Love is discipline.
Love is showing up at one in the morning when nobody is watching.
Love is answering the phone.
Love is staying.
Love is getting back up after life knocks you down and doing it all again tomorrow.
That love saved my life.
I’ve failed at many of these lessons, sometimes in very public ways.
He loved me anyway.
That’s the last lesson.
I am not trying to become my father.
I am trying to carry what he gave me.
And if I can do that, even imperfectly, that will be enough.
Happy Father’s Day, Dad. I love you.
"⚽️ When Sam Heughan recently visited the National gallery, we couldn’t resist asking him about Scott McTominay’s unforgettable bicycle kick, captured in a photograph that briefly went on display at the Portrait Gallery last December.
Sam joined Chair of the Board Catherine Muirden for a conversation about the importance of art in wellbeing, his favourite works and more. As their chat drew to a close, we couldn’t leave without getting his thoughts on the national team’s World Cup journey.
As Sam says, watching Scotland play really is a work of art - and we’re proudly cheering them on alongside him. Good luck, #scotlandnationalteam 💙⚽️
Keep an eye out for more from our conversation with Sam coming soon!"
Via NationalGalleriesScot on Instagram.
This is the type of shit that needs no words to troll itself.
This is actually real… he’s really posting infomercials plugging this…
Using America’s 250th Anniversary too…
More like… “As my dad tanks the economy as fast as he can, nothing is more patriotic than getting your hands on some Don Jr Gold to celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary in case it’s our last”
This is SNL material or even better #smokefleet material
I don't know why any of you haters are surprised I'm the one actually engaging here.
You're the ones who've obsessively pored over the 10,000 photos, the 30,000 text messages, and the 128,000 emails from my hacked iCloud and stolen devices.
If I am anything, I am prolific.
You know what you won't find? Any of the most heinous, hateful things you keep posting about me.
What you'll find from me here is the same thing you found there.
Total transparency. Finally on my terms. Not yours.
I think we all need another one…. one more for the road…. one last Outlander Watch Party bonus cocktail 🥃☕
Sassenach Carajillo:
• 1.5 oz Sassenach Blended Scotch Whisky
• 1 oz Licor 43
• 2 oz Espresso
Shake, strain, and enjoy. With coffee and whisky in the same glass, you might just have enough energy for an #Outlander rewatch. 😉
Watch it all over again @Outlander_STARZ now!
#Sassenach #JamieFraser #GallowayDistillery #SamHeughan
If anyone was wondering what Sam has coming up over the next couple of months...
Borders Book Festival, Saturday, 13 June, Melrose. SOLD OUT
Ride Galloway (June 20–21): An annual summer motorcycle weekend and festival where fans can join Sam for a 130-mile ride-out, live music, and distillery.
Sam is also doing exclusive audience at the distillery on 20 June, 2026. SOLD OUT
2026 MPC Gala Celebration. Glasgow, Scotland.
Thursday, July 23 – Friday, July 24.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 23 to August 2.
Sam is an ambassador.
In Conversation With Sam Heughan. Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 26 July. SOLD OUT
Stranraer Oyster Festival: Sam will headline a "Spirit of Galloway" conversation and prepare signature cocktails using local produce on Sunday, September 13 (2:00–4:00 PM) SOLD OUT
#samheughan
I just saw the season two trailer for BoMB.
Seems that they are continuing to copycat iconic moments from Outlander.
I'm going to start calling these BoMB "parallels" Temu-Outlander moments.
If the shoe/kilt/boot fits...
Sam Heughan was in attendance for the premiere of a production featuring music from the show, performed by a 17-piece ensemble featuring orchestral musicians, vocalists and a Celtic folk band 👇