Happy Labor Day…
“Summer’s almost over…it’s sad, isn’t it….it makes you want to…I don’t know…. reach out and hold it back.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
It’s always fascinated me that we celebrate the start of summer on Memorial Day weekend, three weeks or before the actual start of summer, and we end the summer season with the Labor Day weekend, usually two weeks + before the official start of autumn.
A Happy Labor Day to you all – a day meant to honor the American worker which, in health care, means the nurses, nurses’ aides, allied therapists, food service professionals, housekeeping staff, grounds crew, office assistants, and security guards that keep each and every healthcare campus running smoothly and safely.
And as summer slips into fall and then…. the cold season?…we can go from Fitzgerald to Albert Camus: “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”
Happy Hunting,
Tim McGrath