It doesn’t matter who my father was;
it matters who I remember he was.
Anne Sexton
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It is a wise father that knows his own child.
William Shakespeare
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Success is to be measured
not so much by the position
that one has reached in life
as by the obstacles which he has overcome
while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington
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Its not the flesh nor the blood
of a man,
but
his
heart
which makes a man
a
Father
– a man whose presence is
LOVE
to his own and to others.
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Thinking of YOU on Father’s Day!
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OXOXOX
TO MY
MEN/tors,
Catherine
16 June 2013
DR. MARK B. COVENTRY
MY
TEMPLATE
OF
CHARACTER + CREATIVE GENIUS
COURAGE + COMPASSION + GRACE
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HE WAS MY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
– a creative GENIUS at the Mayo Clinic –
ONCE I LEFT SHRINERS
AT 3 YEARS OLD.
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WE “COLLABORATED” ON MY SURGERIES
UNTIL HE RETIRED.
Our relationship did NOT end there
– it began to bloom its own bloom.
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He BELIEVED in me.
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He taught me HOW to PREVAIL with INTEGRITY.
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HE WAS MY CONFIDANTE.
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Dr. Coventry asked me to make two promises to him before he died:
“Promise me TWO things.
ONLY
let those who honor + respect you come near
+
ALWAYS
remain an artist!”
PLEASE NOTE:
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 