The Journal

An open notebook and pen beside a cup of coffee on a wooden desk

Essays and reflections on medicine, neurology, faith, family, aging, mortality, and the human person.

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  • A child's pink bicycle with an empty seat and streamers, a curving park path behind it in warm light.

    The hand on the seat

    Watching my granddaughter ride her bicycle for the first time filled me with pure joy, and quietly changed how I understand my life.

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  • Bare twigs scattered across snow

    I am here

    A major stroke. A full recovery. A chain of events so precise it felt like God was saying: I am here.

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  • ER medical training hallway with chairs

    A stitch in time: How an ER blunder shaped my medical career

    A young physician, an avoidable mistake, and a lesson that shaped a career in medicine.

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  • Sewing machine stitching a doll

    From a doll to a doctor: A journey of faith and healing

    The first lesson in medicine did not come from a textbook. It came from a handmade doll, a mother’s patience, and the belief that broken things can be made whole.

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  • A pen resting on an open physician reflectons notebook on a wooden desk

    Why I am starting A Physician’s Notebook

    The chart tells only part of the story. This notebook remembers the person, the suffering, the healing, and the grace quietly revealed along the way.

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