One day every year, we stop to honor, remember and thank our dads for all they have done for us.

But for one father and son in Eau Claire, work serves as an opportunity to share that special father-son bond and learn those valuable life lessons everyday.

Here's the story of a father and son who share the same profession, the same workplace and even the same name.

"These are often times complicated problems, and a team approach helps," said Dr. Charles R. Nordstrom.

At Luther Midelfort in Eau Claire, it's a team, in the form of father and son.

Doctor Charles R. Nordstrom is a veteran gastroenterologist at the hospital.

"I got here first, about 30 years ago," Nordstrom said.

His son, Charles, recently started a career at Luther Midelfort, practicing internal medicine.

Growing up, the younger Nordstrom says he always looked up to his dad.

"He always seemed happy and satisfied with his job. He came home very tired on many occasions," said Dr. Charles W. Nordstrom. "But I knew I wanted to do something with my life that mattered, just because I was always very proud of the fact that when he was gone during the day I knew he was doing important things."

That admiration and pride spawned into an intense interest in medicine.

The younger doctor says he was intimidated to follow in the footsteps of his father at Luther Midelfort.

But, he says that quickly changed.

"He is such a great guy," Nordstrom said. "I could see it was only expected I would be friendly and easy to work with as well."

Ask his father what it's like to work with his son, and he says it's a learning experience.

"He's recently trained, and I've been out of training for 30 years," the elder Dr. Nordstrom said. "He gives me a fair amount of information of things I haven't seen that much over the years."

And just like the pride his son had for his profession as a child, the elder Dr. Nordstrom now expresses that same pride for his son.

"He looks at it as something that's very enjoyable, very exciting and very challenging," Nordstrom said. "And that's probably what gives me the most satisfaction."

The newest Dr. Nordstrom says he hopes to take another page out of his father's book, once he has children of his own:

"I'll try to lead by example and show them what a rich and rewarding life it could be to be in medicine," he said. "And they can take away from that what they will."