Publisher's Synopsis
"My father, James Michael Twombley, MD, (a.k.a., Mike) inspired me to follow him into medicine, where I now serve as a pediatric nephrologist. I watched him serve for several decades as a loving and highly respected country doctor with an unforgettable bedside manner. All who knew him were awed by his knowledge as well as his compassion, wit, and generosity. Doctor T-as his patients, colleagues, and even his loving family called him-never let a patient's inability to pay stop him from providing the best level of care, even if it meant paying out of his own pocket. My dad was a great father too. He and my mother raised us with a strong sense of responsibility and what one might call "high morals." To demonstrate this, my family attended church every time the doors were open. We never had alcohol in our house. Instead of leaving us so they could attend parties, concerts, movies, or other social events, my parents stayed home with us when
