Remember to Say Thank You

Michael Pelikan
2 min readAug 25, 2023

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When I was in the hospital last month dealing with complications from my kidney donation, there was a particular doctor that took a special interest in getting me well. I’d be waking up from anesthesia and see him standing in the corner talking with surgeons, in street clothes; he had come in off duty to check on me.

I am quite certain that Dr. Carter is the reason that I am still here today.

In one of our many conversations, he stated that he mountain bikes on my little obscure dirt road. When I got home, I had a sign professionally made and posted it on the road.

“Thank You Dr. Carter” sign on the dirt road

I wasn’t sure that I would ever know if Dr. Carter even saw it.

This morning, I noticed that the sign was torn down and was nicely placed elsewhere on my property. I went to pick it up and discovered that it had not only been taken down, but written on:

“You are very welcome! Hope you are going great. Thanks for the sign — means so much to me. — Jeff Carter”
Signed Sign by Dr. Carter

We don’t seem to take the time to thank the people in our lives.

Make sure that you thank those that have made a difference in your life.

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Michael Pelikan

Colorado Technologist/Developer specializing in AWS, Node.js, and SVG.