About Cyndy

 

Don’t let the “laugh lines” around my eyes fool you.  As you can see, I’m still deep in the trenches of motherhood.

Here are the top five facts about me and my VERY patient family…

1. I’ve been married to my sweet husband since 1981 and he still believes I don’t know how to start the lawn mower.
2. We are busy raising three children – Freddy, Liz and Anna. (A note to mothers of young children. Catch up on your sleep now. You’ll need it for the teen years.)
3. I started writing books in 1997 – as an excuse to avoid laundry. The subsequent publication of these musings led to a speaking career – surprising me even more than my children.  “You mean people actually ASK you to talk, Mom?” Now my kids all know how to sort colors – and what to do when the washing machine starts jumping around.
4. I do most of my writing on the back of fast-food wrappers—usually while waiting for carpool. It still amazes me that there are five books on the shelves bearing my name. That’s a lot of chicken quesadillas.
5. In my “spare” time, I love to cook, read, and work on family scrapbooks. This last pursuit allows me to permanently destroy any photos of myself I don’t consider flattering.

Oops!

Our two precocious Westies just reminded me that I left them out. Daisy and Libby are definitely a part of the family.

Right now, I only have a photo of Daisy on my laptop. This probably means Libby is plotting the destruction of another pair of my shoes because I left her out.