Rosetta Weber
Last Call presentation at Barnes and Noble has been rescheduled for December 4, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
I seldom reschedule events. On October 31, 2022, an administrative assistant for my Psychological Services company, CORE Professional Services, entered the courtroom when I was getting ready to testify as an expert witness. She left the message that I should call home immediately when I’m done testifying. It was clearly bad news. In my 27 years of testifying, this has never happened. For the next hour, I thought about my family, my wife, kids, and grandkids. I realized that the most likely person was my mother, Rosetta (Kapsner) Weber. An hour later, when I was finished in court, I found out my suspicion was accurate.
I speak of mom, Rosetta Weber, as my hero. Rosetta had 10 children, all named in alphabetical order. To me, a hero is someone who shows up and does her best every day, without expecting anything in return. Rosetta taught full-time for 4 decades, completed a master’s degree in education while her kids were growing up, made meals and did laundry. (I joke at times that I grew up on black-eyed peas, because the vegetables were always burnt. She’d come home, throw food on the stove, turn everything on high, and when the smoke alarm went off supper was done. Rosetta encouraged all of her children to pursue education and play music. Rosetta and Leo attended every event their children participated in. They celebrated the wins and said nothing of the losses. You were just expected to show up again tomorrow and give it another shot. There was no complaining of the coaches, or referees. It’s just a loss, and in life you need to work through losses to be successful. Her greatest joy was having the entire family home.
I loved my childhood. We had little financially, but everything we needed. We wore patched clothes, grew our own vegetables in a large garden, butchered chickens with farmers for some of the birds, and got a lot of fresh fish from generous fisherman in town. We ate a lot of organ meat donated to us from farmers. We went out to eat once during my childhood—to Vic’s bar in Lastrup, which was owned by my mom’s brother. (Man did that fried food taste good!) I remember when my oldest brother, Tony (A is for Anthony) went to college. I felt a sadness knowing we would never have all of us back home again. The academic scholarship Tony received opened my eyes to a whole new world. The Webers hadn’t gone to college up to that point. Thank you, mom, for giving me a great childhood, which led me to great friends, and now my own wonderful family. There are no accolades, cash bonuses or trophies for what you did…, but you are my hero!
Love,
Frank Perhaps Last Call is the perfect title to reschedule.
Sunday, December 4, 2022, Frank Weber will be at Barnes and Noble in St. Cloud at 11:00 a.m. discussing Last Call. This is an informal get together inviting anyone who is interested. It’s a great opportunity for people who have read Last Call to learn about the true life Minnesota kidnapping that led to writing this mystery. Last Call was one of Frank’s favorite books to write. Book clubs are welcome! Frank, will be at Barnes and Noble once a month to discuss book after book in consecutive order, ending with his next release. Barnes and Noble is located at Rainbow Village, 3940 Division Street, St Cloud, Minnesota, 56301
I seldom reschedule events. On October 31, 2022, an administrative assistant for my Psychological Services company, CORE Professional Services, entered the courtroom when I was getting ready to testify as an expert witness. She left the message that I should call home immediately when I’m done testifying. It was clearly bad news. In my 27 years of testifying, this has never happened. For the next hour, I thought about my family, my wife, kids, and grandkids. I realized that the most likely person was my mother, Rosetta (Kapsner) Weber. An hour later, when I was finished in court, I found out my suspicion was accurate.
I speak of mom, Rosetta Weber, as my hero. Rosetta had 10 children, all named in alphabetical order. To me, a hero is someone who shows up and does her best every day, without expecting anything in return. Rosetta taught full-time for 4 decades, completed a master’s degree in education while her kids were growing up, made meals and did laundry. (I joke at times that I grew up on black-eyed peas, because the vegetables were always burnt. She’d come home, throw food on the stove, turn everything on high, and when the smoke alarm went off supper was done. Rosetta encouraged all of her children to pursue education and play music. Rosetta and Leo attended every event their children participated in. They celebrated the wins and said nothing of the losses. You were just expected to show up again tomorrow and give it another shot. There was no complaining of the coaches, or referees. It’s just a loss, and in life you need to work through losses to be successful. Her greatest joy was having the entire family home.I loved my childhood. We had little financially, but everything we needed. We wore patched clothes, grew our own vegetables in a large garden, butchered chickens with farmers for some of the birds, and got a lot of fresh fish from generous fisherman in town. We ate a lot of organ meat donated to us from farmers. We went out to eat once during my childhood—to Vic’s bar in Lastrup, which was owned by my mom’s brother. (Man did that fried food taste good!) I remember when my oldest brother, Tony (A is for Anthony) went to college. I felt a sadness knowing we would never have all of us back home again. The academic scholarship Tony received opened my eyes to a whole new world. The Webers hadn’t gone to college up to that point. Thank you, mom, for giving me a great childhood, which led me to great friends, and now my own wonderful family. There are no accolades, cash bonuses or trophies for what you did…, but you are my hero!
Love,
Frank Perhaps Last Call is the perfect title to reschedule.
Sunday, December 4, 2022, Frank Weber will be at Barnes and Noble in St. Cloud at 11:00 a.m. discussing Last Call. This is an informal get together inviting anyone who is interested. It’s a great opportunity for people who have read Last Call to learn about the true life Minnesota kidnapping that led to writing this mystery. Last Call was one of Frank’s favorite books to write. Book clubs are welcome! Frank, will be at Barnes and Noble once a month to discuss book after book in consecutive order, ending with his next release. Barnes and Noble is located at Rainbow Village, 3940 Division Street, St Cloud, Minnesota, 56301
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