LABORER THANKS, 9-3-2012

There are numerous workers who have made my life easier, better or more productive this past year and I want to list them by category and thank a number of them personally for their good work.  Here are my top ten:

1.  Medical personnel including doctors, nurses, technicians and administrators

2.  Police, fire, safety and sanitation workers

3.  Farmers, food producers and purveyors

4.  Teachers, colleagues, clients and educators

5.  Utility engineers and technicians including plumbers and electricians

6.  Highway construction engineers, workers and builders

7.  Hotel and hospitality employees including table attendants

8.  Pilots, reservation agents, flight attendants and baggage handlers

9.  Sales representatives, concomitant technical support and mechanics

10. Domestic help and support both inside and outside of our home

This group is extensive but certainly far from exhaustive.  I am grateful to many individuals in each of these groups and I have interacted personally with numbers of them repeatedly.  For their service and support, their good work and for their helping to sustain me in one way or another, I remember them this day, Labor Day, 2012.