Author, speaker, and above all, father, Chris Cochran, shares the equally tragic and uplifting story of his son Christian and how he's carrying on his son's legacy through the Christian Cochran Legacy Fund, the way acceptance leads to gratitude, why to make To-Love lists instead of To-Do lists, and the one universal thing we all deal with.
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Legacy means a lot of things to a lot of people. To some, it's lasting integrity. It's building and maintaining a history of greatness. It's making an impact on people and community. For others, it's dependable security and assurance in an uncertain time. To us, it's all of that and more. It's a mindset, a brother and sisterhood of hardworking people dedicated to doing the right
Let's talk legacy.
Welcome to Let's Talk Legacy. I'm your host, Gary Michaels, and today we're really excited to have Christopher Cochran on. Chris is an author, a speaker, and above all, a father. As the founder of the Christian Cochran Legacy Fund, he works to carry on his son's legacy, promoting Christian's humility, kindness, joy, gratitude, self-sacrifice, selflessness, courage, and unconditional love for all.
And I really believe we're going to learn a lot more about his son and a lot more about Chris in the next little time we have here together. So welcome to the show, Chris. Thank you, Gary. It's a pleasure to be here. Love your show. Thank you. So let's start right there. Tell us a little bit about Christian. What type of a man was he? What was he like?
What kind of effect did he have on others around him? Tell us a little bit about your son.
wow how much time you have uh listen christian was the most amazing remarkable there's no earthly terms and earthly words i can come up with to describe christian to the full extent right he had deep love for his fellow man and woman and and all people all cultures all religions all everything in the end of course he's my son i love him dearly i i tend to speak to him as he is in the presence
But Christian was an amazing individual just from the day he was born to the moment he took his last breath. And I was with him at both events. Since he was a child, he was show compassion for others. It was an unusual trait. Even before 13 months, he was speaking in full sentences. which was pretty unusual. I knew this kid was destined for something special.
He had this incredible ability to see the goodness in everything. Even when he was little, he was a very, we called him Mr. Comforter all the time because he could comfort us even as adults. He can make us feel good. He did that for other children. I remember the first day of school getting on the bus. You know how kids clamor. They want to get on the bus. They want to get the best seat.
They want to be in whatever with their best friend. Christian was always making sure he was the last person on the bus because he wanted everyone to be happy to have what they wanted on that bus. And as a young adult, he was incredibly talented. The prom king in school, a big school here in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. He was the lead actor in every drama. He was in every play and every musical.
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