Articles liés à The Heart of Listening

The Heart of Listening - Couverture rigide

Smith, Cris

 
9781479782895: The Heart of Listening

Biographie de l'auteur

Cris Smith is a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, writer, facilitator and one of God's faithful prayer warriors. She worked in the banking industry for over 8 years, working her way up to Loans Officer. She coped with being a working mom for the first four years of her marriage until she and Don her husband, decided to make the necessary changes in their lifestyle so that Cris could become a stay-at-home Mom. Cris is married to her husband, Don for 34 years now-a mighty long time to collect lots of anecdotes on everyday joys, sorrows, accomplishments, foibles, sacrifices, surprises and even tragedies. Proudly giving birth to nine children, six of which are boys, ranging in ages from 14 to 33, Cris also home schooled three of her children. Unfortunately, shortly after her birth, Sara, their 8th child, passed away. Cris and her family are well known to the Salesian family and have been active members of St. Benedict's Parish since l982. In l990, Cris was one of the first members of the Salesian Cooperators in Toronto and held the position of Coordinator for three years. For over 10 years she produced and edited a quarterly magazine called, the Salesian Cooperator Magazine and for the past two years has been writing her spiritual autobiography entitled, "Let the Spirit Fly Wherever It Takes You" In the year 2000, Cris was involved with the start-up of a support group called, SARA'S CORNER, named in tribute to her baby Sara and facilitated the workshops for parents with babies who had special needs. In 2006 she opened the doors to her own charity that her family founded together under the name Blue Veil Charity and became the Executive Director of the charity. Today, along with her sons, Cris runs and operates a Centre for youth of all abilities called the SARA ELIZABETH CENTRE, named again in tribute to her baby, Sara Elizabeth Smith where young adults with special needs come together to share their gifts and talen

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.