Happy Nurse And Teacher Appreciation Day Poem by Jim Yerman

Today we salute nurses and teachers and I, for one, can see
Why we would take a day to praise them collectively.

The most important lesson they’ve learned was not discovered in any school
They learned it as they’ve lived their lives...it’s called The Golden Rule.

They know a smile can brighten a day, it’s another lesson they have learned
And all they ask is that we give them...a smile in return.

They both administer to people and their roles are frequently reversed
For how often does a nurse become a teacher...and a teacher become a nurse?

They have days where all goes well and they know that they have thrived
And other days when they are happy if they just get out alive.

They know when to be hard on us...they know when to be sweet
They’re tired at the end of the day after spending hours on their feet.

They are calm in the face of adversity for matter how loud we shout
They’ve seen or heard it all before...and we will never gross them out.

But no matter what...they never give up..they work, they toil...they pray
For they believe in miracles and await them every day.

They both know what it’s like to be important and how it feels to be needed
And they know if they touch but one person in life...then in life they have succeeded.

So today we stop to thank them both...for no matter how you spin it
The life we live is a better life with nurses and teachers in it.