Dancing in Heaven is an inspirational story about my sister Annie s life, death, and her significance in the lives of those of us who loved her and others who were touched by her. Born with severe brain damage, Annie never outgrew the needs of an infant. She didn’t walk or talk. Our parents fed her, changed her clothes, and lifted her from her bed to her wheelchair and back for her entire life of 51 years. This memoir provides a window into my family’ s life with a severely disabled member. But more importantly, Dancing in Heaven is a testimony to the basic intrinsic value of human life. "A story crafted in the greatest love, you cannot possibly get at the stark truth of caregiving any more than this book does," Jeffrey Hillard "I realized that was Annie’s legacy. She was pure love. In her utter helplessness, she was still able to radiate love. And your whole family responded to that in a heroic way," Nancy Henry Chadwick