Well, I had a surprise this past weekend.  Sarah and I were out in the Hills at Deadwood for our annual South Dakota Academy of Family Physicians conference/meeting.  Sarah and I were both presenters at the conference.  Friday night we have a reception following the evening conference, and I came walking into the banquet hall to see my parents, my daughters, who had not come there with us, and several of my brothers and their families.  I was being awarded the South Dakota Family Doctor of the Year award, and had no idea this was coming.  My family knew it for a month, and had kept it a secret.  I have never been more surprised in my life.

I have never been so honored before!  Here I am with my mom, who all of you out there who have kids know what I mean when I say that as a parent, you never get tired of seeing your kids do well.  I was very happy they were able to make it.  It was a night to remember forever.  Strive 2 Survive was mentioned as well as the some of the contributions I have done/developed.  What a night!  I still have not relaxed.  It has been even easier to work out with more energy these last few days.  I had no time to prepare for a speech, but had several people comment to me they really liked what I said about Sarah…”My whole career has been a team work effort.  I got where I am with Sarah’s  help, and even though my name may be the one on the plaque, this award belongs to both of us.”  How true!  Thank you very much Sarah…we are a team…forever and for always!   Keep moving everybody!

Dr. Dan

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