What My 2 Sisters With Down Syndrome Taught Me

Start Today Podcast

Chris Cavallini

Starttodaypodcast, Health & Fitness, Selfhelp, Education, Business, Personaldevelopment

5 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In episode 56, Chris shares a very personal story from his childhood. During a time where he had just experienced significant trauma, he was taken into a foster home where he was introduced to his 2 new older foster sisters, biological teenage sisters, both who had Down Syndrome.

Coming from a broken home at a very young age they welcomed a scared, confused, psychologically damaged little boy into their home with open arms and open hearts...

In episode 56, for the first time ever, Chris publicly discusses the incredible life lesson he learned from his 2 foster sisters with Down Syndrome.

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0:00.0	What's good, guys.
0:11.3	Welcome to the Start Today podcast.
0:12.9	I'm your host, Chris Cavalini.
0:14.9	Today, I'm riding solo.
0:16.9	So that means it's going to be short.
0:18.6	It's going to be to the point.
0:20.1	And I am very excited because I have a very
0:25.2	personal and emotional story that I have never told before publicly
0:31.6	That I'm going to share today and before we get into that
0:36.3	I want you guys to do me, to do me a favor, all right?
0:41.5	Go ahead and close your eyes if you can.
0:44.7	If you're driving, probably not advisable.
0:47.4	You might want to turn this back on a little later.
0:50.9	But those of you who are in a position to you, I want you to go ahead and close your eyes.
0:55.6	And I want you just to recall a time
0:58.8	that somebody was kind to you.
1:02.7	Okay, maybe someone helped you during a time
1:07.0	where you really needed some help.
1:09.4	Maybe they took the time just to call and check on you just because, right?
1:15.5	Maybe someone lifted you back on your feet at a point of your life where life had just
1:24.3	knocked you down.
1:25.7	Maybe it was something as simple as a thoughtful, well-placed compliment that came in at what was the perfect time.
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