# @stephen__carpenter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C74HtSHI6sP
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- **Posted:** 2024-06-06T14:02:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Stephen Carpenter (@stephen__carpenter) — https://gondola.cc/stephen__carpenter

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Long story here... Summary: importance of role models that's becoming harder to find in a synthetic world and an imbalance in personal/family/professional life.

Growing up without much family, I never spoke about them. Great Uncle Frank became a special figure and a consistent male role model in my life, even though I met him only once, 35 ish years ago, completely unaware of his life story. Frank was a joker and a wise guy, but I recently discovered he was also a hero. After Googling him, I sadly found out he passed in 2014. He survived Dunkirk, became a sergeant in the British Army, joined the Commandos, and served in Popski's Private Army in Egypt and Italy. In 1952, Frank sailed on the Queen Mary to the US with his wife and daughters, settling in California after a stint in New York. He divorced in the 1960s and around 1983, Frank met Nancy Fullerton, a nurse providing him care after he suffered severe heart problems. I met Nancy; she was lovely. They loved each other dearly and were a perfect match. Now, knowing details of his life has inspired me to keep fighting against the forces trying to keep me from my children, underscoring the importance of both parents and extended family in children's lives and to not lose the inner strength to do what's right for others and protect them.

It's not normal for children to be stopped from seeing their parents or family. Don’t condone it with that old saying, "They will know the truth when they are older." They are having their lives destroyed, often for something as petty as money or control. 

Love and strength, and thank you to all those heroes, men, and women, who fought so we can have life ❤️ 

We will remember them.

Ps - if you're not sure who to vote for, or thinking of voting blue or red, vote 💚 - the other two are crooks. 

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