Cyndi Woods
Hi I’m Cyndi! I’m a mom, wife, writer/blogger, women’s ministry assistant director, and a daughter of the King. I spend my days writing, cooking, talking to friends, planning women’s ministry projects, and taking care of my husband and two teenage kids.
I was born in Michigan and attended public schools for all my schooling years. I learned to ride a bike at five years old without being shown what to do. I just jumped on and started peddling. By the age of nine, I started to notice changes in my eyesight. As I read a birthday card that was my mother’s, I had to bring it closer and closer to read it. My vision seemed to worsen as I was reading that card. After many, many appointments, doctors, tests, needles and hospitals, it was determined that I would lose most of my vision. I never got to take driver’s training or get my first car. I was the only one all through school who had blindness of any kind. Sure other kids wore glasses but that was not even an option for me. I went through my share of teasing, rejection, and loss over these years.
I had an article published in my local newspaper that addressed the up-rise in homelessness when I was in tenth grade and I knew then I wanted to be a writer. I have always loved books and that posed a problem when I got to the point that I could no longer read print. Audio books were not really a thing yet. My writing continued on a small scale as I wrote for the newspaper in college. Writing took a back seat as technology came on the scene. No one knew how to teach a blind person how to use a computer. Everyone was just learning it themselves. It was only a year ago that I was able to get trained in technology and I have a long way to go. I’m still trying to not feel “less than” where my disability is concerned. But it’s a journey that God is using to bring glory to Him. Twenty years of marriage to a God fearing wonderful man who encourages me everyday is one of my biggest strengths. The other two are my eighteen year old son and my sixteen year old daughter. They have taught me so much. Ultimately God is the one I lean on for strength and inspiration. I pray every day for Him to lead me on this journey and to write the words for me. Come with me on this journey.