Family medicine encompasses everything about a person. Through multiple personal experiences and clinical vignettes, Dr. Bruce Rowe shares the special moments that define the life of a family physician. Health care professionals will identify with Dr. Rowe's journey and the many hats he wears in clinical practice: obstetrician, psychiatrist, geriatrician, internist, pediatrician. Midwesterners and small-town residents will appreciate Dr. Rowe's rural Iowa upbringing and how it impacts his values and bedside approach to patients. Anyone who enjoys a good read about interesting people, entertaining case histories and how medicine can positively affect families and communities will be enriched by reading this book.