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Returning on All Souls Day: A Memorium for a Fallen Friend
It has now been ten months since I last posted, ten months of challenge and of growth, times for renewal, then and now. For a while I have been planning my return to regular blogging, and soon (truly)...
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Editors’ Pick of the Year 2013, Best of WordPress: Thank You!
Yesterday afternoon, I received an email referring to the following blog post: This week, our editors dove into the archives to find and rediscover notable posts published this year on WordPress.com,...
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By Bombs and Brainspotting Blindsided
“It’s finished, over. Everyone knows now. I’m a drunk, that’s it, face it, nothing more. I’ve lost everything.” I can’t say this was the first time that I had heard such an opening line from a patient....
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Yes, Mama, Yes, Ma’am
When I asked her if she would be interested in my writing a blog entry about our work together, she at first appeared pleased, but then turned wary, ever so slightly. “I’d talk about your mother,” I...
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To Err Is Human, To Forgive Is Gary Cooper
I’m not sure that even now he fully understands the impact of his presence, this soldier, notwithstanding our having discussed it several times. Of average height and very strong build, he, to be fair,...
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I’ll Fly Away
“My wife read your blog. She loved it.” He surprised me, this handsome fly-boy, with his mentioning the blog. Since my move to Nashville earlier this summer, I’d been wondering how to proceed with it,...
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Adieu, A Dieu
It’s good to be back. While my two-month delay has had a lot to do with the demands of my new job, I have to be honest: the real reason says far more about the challenges of farewells than it does...
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An IED on the Rocks, Please, With a Twist
It’s been a long month of starting new jobs, new high schools, new colleges, new furniture settings, along with Lord-alone-knows-what-new-else’s. My wife has sworn on all that is Holy that she will...
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Lambs, Lions, Lights
I have settled into my new position as the Medical Director of the Warrior Wellness Unit at the TriStar Skyline Madison Campus Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, and I am proud to be working with a...
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A Goede Hombre
I received the text earlier this week, at 1404h, Central Daylight Time, Tuesday, July 2, 2013, a picture. He looked great, wearing what appeared to be a simple, black suit/tux, sporting with it a...
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Making Peace With Warriors (Abigail Deaton)
This morning my eldest, Abby, a rising junior at Goshen College, a Mennonite college in northern Indiana, requested that the following Gospel excerpt be read at our church, First Mennonite of...
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“Taps,” Déjà Vu
One week ago today, I again headed south of Indianapolis, seven weeks to the day after I had begun a similar trip for a similar purpose, all-too-sad, all-too-soon. It was time to bury Ethan (Reporting...
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Reporting for Duty, Sir
With the permission of his family, I report, with much sadness, that another young veteran whom I have had the honor to serve died this past week. The cause of his death remains unclear, but all agree...
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The Tattoo Graft
Even though I had promised to break my blog “fast” with reflections on the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath, Life led me elsewhere. Thankfully. I have known him for a while now, this former...
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“Taps” and the Last Musketeer
It’s time to get this written. Spring has slowly been intimating its way into Indiana these past several days, although, admittedly, I’m being kind in giving it this much due. Still, the snow is gone,...
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In Memoriam, Porthos, 1985-2013
With the permission of his family, and with much sadness, I let you all know that this week, as I said before, I lost not only a patient, but a friend: a man whom some of you have come to know as...
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Combat Veterans and “Closure”
A few days ago, Max Harris wrote the third of his blog posts (from Every Day Is a New Day) about his losing to death his therapist, Dr. Joseph Casagrande. In my two previous posts, I shared Max’s...
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A Veteran Speaks Out About His VA Clinic
The following is the most recent post from Max Harris in his blog, Every Day Is a New Day. As I have often said, I admire Max greatly for his passion, his service, and his willingness to walk the walk...
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In Memoriam, Clay Warren Hunt, 1982-2011
I have been putting off this post for several days. Fortunately, Life has been more than accommodating in this procrastination, given that it has certainly proceeded at a hectic pace recently, what...
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Oprah and Monday-Morning Quarterbacking
“Doc, Monday was probably one of the worst days I’ve had in a long time. A long time.” I’ve written about this combat veteran several times before, e.g., in Buddy, Got the Time? and Conical Combat...
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