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Today is the 5th day of the 29th week, the 20th day of the 7th month, the 201st day of 2017, and:
- Get to Know Your Customer Day
- Independence Day: Colombia from Spain in 1810
- International Cake Day
- International Chess Day
- Moon Day
- Nap Day
- National Fortune Cookie Day
- National Lollipop Day
- National Ugly Truck Contest Day
- Space Exploration Day
- World Jump Day
ON THIS DAY: In 70 Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, stormed the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount during the siege of Jerusalem:; the Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. In 1738 Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reached the western shore of Lake Michigan. In 1807 Nicéphore Niépce was awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France. In 1903 the Ford Motor Company shipped its first automobile. In 1968 the first International Special Olympics Summer Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities. In 1969 Apollo 11's crew successfully made the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility; Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon (July 21 UTC). In 1976 the American Viking 1 lander successfully landed on Mars. In 1997 the fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrated its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. In 1999, after 38 years at the bottom of the Atlantic, astronaut Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule was recovered. In2017 NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 11 mins 57 secs of light-travel time from Earth.
Quote of the day:
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian Nationalist
I have never worked in a hospital. Although I have worked retail, I have never worked in a medical-related facility. I imagine that someone working in a pharmacy that is actually on a hospital’s premises hears many stories; sees many people in various stages of pain and worry. Yesterday, while my daughter was undergoing a proceedure, I took a prescription for the pain medicatin she would need later down to the Walgreens Pharmacy at Mercy to have it filled. Even though a hospital worker was in line behind me, the older woman waitng on me was patient and meticulous as I scrambled to find my daughter’s insurance card, ID and tried to think of my son-in-law’s birthdate. There appeared to be an issue with the insurance info and she was struggling to make the website comprehend. While working on that, she asked me what the meds wre for and I told her about my daughter, about the cancer we had just found out about three weeks ago, about the bad news we got yesterday, about what this year was dumping on her and us, how proud I was of her attitude [sunset hair and purple sparkly nails presented as evidence]. She smiled and told me it would be about 20 minutes, so I went to grab a bite. When I returned, the prescription was still being processd but it didn’t take very long before she called me to the counter and handed me the bag. When I asked what I owed, she shook her head saying the issue with the insurance never was resolved, but it was taken care of. I looked at her in amazement. She smiled a little and said that we all had enough to be worrying about and she was happy to help …. I remember saying to her “but you hear so many stories” and she just patted me on the hand and wished us the best. I just kept thanking her and then left, hurrying upstairs to wait for the surgeon to come talk and talk to me
I didn’t even think to get her name. I’ll probably never see her again. But that simple, unexpected act of kindness will be long remembered.
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