Today is National Doctor Day! The history behind this day actually started on March 30th 1933 when it was first observed in Winder Ga. Eudora Brown Almond wanted to honor her husband Dr. Charles B Almond. In doing so, greeting cards were mailed to doctors and flowers were placed on the graves of deceased doctors. It was not until Feb. 21st 1991 that President George Bush proclaimed that March 30th would become National Doctor Day. President Bush's Proclamation 6253 can be googled and read by all.
It is already a wonderful day, but this year National Doctor Day happened to fall on Good Friday. So I am sure we can all think of at least on doctor in our life that we can honor. Some people may think of many.
I can think of some that have been instrumental in helping my husband and I be here in this very moment today. They have made great sacrifices in their own lives so we may enjoy ours. Although they may not know it, we are extremely blessed for their service to mankind.
I hope that the doctors out there that are burned out or having trouble coping with their profession will have at least one good encounter that will let them know that they are appreciated.
I will finish this post with a quote for National Doctor Day !!
"A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of
them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is either, like the surgeon, a
craftsman, or, like the physician and the psychologist, an artist. This
means that in order to be a good doctor a man must also have a good
character, that is to say, whatever weaknesses and foibles he may have,
he must love his fellow human beings in the concrete and desire their
good before his own." — W. H. Auden
Happy Easter Doctors !!
Life is beautiful !
Elizabeth:)
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