This book is that rare literary creature that manages to uplift and instill hope while delivering an unflinching and deeply personal account of prematurely losing a loved one. The prose is poetic yet precise. The story seamlessly weaves in and out of the present and the past. The scenes are evocative, each carefully selected imagery immersing the reader in the mundane-to-profound aspects of an extraordinary man whose earthly life was cut short by ALS. Writing this memoir, Larkin McPhee ensures that the beautiful spirit of her younger brother Charles continues to soar.