Here
is a link to the
handout from my beloved Uncle Frank’s Exhibit a year or so after he passed
away. I have to share it with you, as I am so proud of him and how he helped make
me who I am today. Frank Stefanes was a wonderful uncle, friend, artist and teacher.
Even on this day, years after he left us for heaven, he is still one of my all
time favorite people. He taught me to LOVE: diversity, art, travel, books, music
and my heritage. As the youngest of two MUCH older siblings, he supported me by
always telling me that he and I were special “just because we were the youngest!”
Not a day goes by when I do not regret that my husband and two very creative daughters
never had time to meet and love him like me and hundreds of others. If anyone
reading this knew my Uncle please email me
a story about him that I can share with my family that never had the good fortune
to know this AWESOME MAN! May his memory be eternal, and may he, my dad, Joanne
Dudek, and other loved ones be watching over us all (especially Stephanie and
Elaina).
Collision
Six
This is my niece's band. Rock On!
People
PKD Fears:
- Boys
interested in my daughters
-
Donald Rumsfeld
- Osama
bin Laden
- Hitler
-
Stalin
- Lenin
-
Rasputin
- J. Edgar Hoover
-
Oliver North
- Strom
Thurman
- Michael Jackson
-
Madonna
- George Perles
-
Vernon Johnson
- Joe Kennedy,
Sr.
- Jimmy Hoffa
-
Jeffery Dahmer
- My mother
-
Richard Thompson
- Beaumont
Hospital Administrators
- Darth
Vader
- Valdemar
-
Lady Macbeth
- Hamlet
-
Henry Ford
- Tony Soprano
- Dr.
Smith (Lost in Space character)
People
PKD Admires: -
Mother Teresa
- Peter Townsend
-
Richard Alan Fruitman
-
Harper Lee
- Frank Kefalas
- Thurgood Marshall
-
Robert Kennedy
- Robert
Riener
- Mary Shelly
-
J.K. Rowling
- Marshall
Crenshaw
- Ghandi
-
Margaret Mitchell
- John
Cusack
- Sylvia Kloc
-
J.D. Salinger
- Robert
E. Lee
- Abe Lincoln
-
Molly Pitcher
- Louisa
May Alcott
- Jane Austin
-
Tim Russert
- James Carville
-
Indira Gandi
- Dalai Lama
-
Mary Magdelene
- Jesus
Christ
- John Lennon
-
Katherine Hepburn
- Lauren
Bacall
- Humphrey Bogart
-
Jackie Kennedy
- Jimmy
Carter
- Jimmy Stewart
-
Christie Hines
- Mark
Twain
- Shakespeare
-
Cate Blanchett
- Kate
Winslet
- Frank Stefanes
-
Winston Churchill
- Amelia
Earhart
- Betsy Ross
-
Francis Scott Burnett
-
Dr. Seuss
- Tasha Tudor
-
Salvador Dali
- Andy Warhol
-
Andrea Mitchell
- John
Irving
- Tim Robbins
-
Igor Larionov
- Steve
Yzerman
- Bono
-
Alan Trammell
- Joe Dumars
-
Kal Ripken, Jr.
- Tom
Izzo
- Barbara Park
-
Meg Cabot
- C.S. Lewis
-
Aldous Huxley
- Gordie
Howe
- James Dean
-
Frank Capra
- Carl Reiner
-
Mel Brooks
- Ron Howard
-
FDR
- Emma Thompson
-
Colin Firth
- Bruce Springstein
-
Joe Marsh
- Hermione Granger
-
Luke Skywalker
- Indiana
Jones
- Moses
-
Simon Peter
- Jobe
-
Atticus Finch
- Frank
Lloyd Wright
A touching
poem from my friend, Robert W. Fechtman, a certified elder law attorney in Indianapolis:As
I lean toward the sun
And I contemplate God,
I know in my heart,
As
we’re covered with sod,
We will think from the grave,
Is our legacy
true?
Did we do all we could?
Was there more we could do?
For the
sick and infirm,
For the old, halt and lame?
For the young needing help,
Whom we know aren’t to blame?
Or did we in fact
Turn our backs on
their need?
Ignoring their cries,
Are we guilty of greed?
Let us choose
here and now
To be moral and right!
To assist those in need,
Understanding
their plight!
Let us say we will help them!
Let us make that our quest!
And then rest in our graves
Knowing we did our best. |
