Dear Chris
Conversations with My Son
by Valerie Bell-Smith
A story of faith, healing, and grace will surely touch every reader’s heart and bring inspiration to triumph against life’s pains and sufferings as author Valerie Bell-Smith exposes her own share of anguish and struggles from taking care of a terminally ill son and eventually losing him in her new book titled Dear Chris.
In 2005, the author’s best friend and oldest son, Christopher, became ill. He battled for two years with cancer before accepting his heavenly invitation to dwell in eternity. In Dear Chris, Smith shares her experience with God when she went through one of the toughest and lowest points of her life. Through this book, she compiles her letters for Chris that detail events that unfolded as he battled against cancer until he finally succumbed to it.
From the shocking diagnosis to the chemotherapy treatments, to the effects of the treatments, and to the pain of watching her oldest son and best friend slowly embracing the heavenly call, and finally submitting his life to Him, the author reveals how her son’s journey with cancer and losing him changed her life and led her to find God’s love and presence.
Dear Chris is the author’s way of expressing God’s love and redeeming power to the world. Along with this book, she shares her music which is also designed to motivate and encourage others with the message that a determination to remain focused in the face of adversity will always lead to true purpose and fulfillment as God intends.