| The Cindy Penkoff Celebrity Profile |  Occupation: First and foremost a mom, a wife, a sister, a friend and a daughter. Yes these are jobs and should be treated that way. Like something you "need" to keep. They have nothing to do with feeding your children but they do with your soul. I am a creator. I write, I design, I decorate and I entertain. Hopefully in the end, I "create" a place people want to be a part of. Goal Occupation: If money were no option? I would do exactly what I am doing on a bigger scale. That is something I never thought I would say. City, State, Country Currently Living In: Trumbull, CT USA Birthday, No Year; July 9th Birthplace: Bridgeport Hospital Marital Status/Children: Married with 1 son Car/s: Ford Explorer and a Toyota Camry Currently Working On: Book and a corresponding website. Girlfriend Generation and www.girlfriendgeneration.com Birth Order: Oldest Favorite Quote: Feel the fear and do it anyway. The Last Good Movie I Saw: Haven't seen many lately so I will go with The Devil Wore Prada The Last Good Book I Read: Harry Potter series Favorite Singer: I can only pick one????? Since I was 5. Barbara Streisand - Not just her singing but everything about her. She is not afraid of who she is. Favorite Song/s: I can't even begin to narrow that down. Music has been my nourishment since I was a child. Favorite Actress or Actor: Anthony Hopkins The Most Beautiful Person In The World: My son The Most Attractive Person In The World: Denzel Washington - this is a human that knows what the meaning of giving back is. He has one of the most genuine smiles and laughs I know. My Favorite Childhood Memory: not a big fan of my childhood My Favorite Childhood Friend: Tracy & Tammy (sister and cousin) My Nickname Was/Is: In High School, Windy or Cinbad I Want To Teach My Children: To be independant, respectful and confident A Really Big Evening To Me Is: Getting to spend time with the people I love being with, just not at home. At home I feel like I need to be doing something not just be. The One Thing I Cannot Stand Is: Ignorance I Knew I Was Grown Up When: My son was born 10 weeks early and I sat in the NICU with him for 28 days. Reality check. I Stay Home To Watch: I tape whatever it is if it's that important. My life can not stop for television. The One Thing Everybody Has Done But Me Is: I can't think of anything I feel that strongly about. My All Time Favorite Story Is: The movie The Way We Were tells the best story. You can love someone with all your heart and that doesn't guarantee a happy ending, but, if you can accept that and move on, your love can last forever. True love does not equal a happy ending, it does however equal happiness. My Favorite Pig Out Food Is: Potato chips and onion dip My Prized Possession Is: Mischievious Mike- a ceramic boy wall hanging that has followed me since I was about 12. He always faces a front door in my home. Like a little protector. If I Could Look Like Anybody Besides Myself, I'd Look Like: No - One; don't get me wrong there are things I would change about my appearance but I wouldn't want to look like anyone else. I'd Give Anything To Meet: Oprah My Fantasy Is: A life without stress. The Worst Advice An Adult Ever Gave Me Was: Never share the worst thing that happened in my life with the man that I love.  I Am Better Than Anyone When It Comes To: Raising my son If I Could Change One Thing About Myself, I Would: Tone down my personality a little. People Who Knew Me In School Thought I Was: A stuck up rich Bit__. We were as about as middle class as you could get. The Best Time Of My Life Was/Is: Bringing my son home from the hospital. The Worst Time Of My Life Was/Is: Losing my cousins in a car crash and watching my family try to recover from it. Behind My Back, My Friends Say: You would have to ask them. Typically though, they will say it to my face. If I Have Learned One Thing In Life, It's: life is unpredictable My Most Humbling Experience Was/Is: Having 4 miscarriages and not knowing why. Death in any form is humbling. It proves how fragile life is. Three Words That Best Describe Me Are: Opinionated, talented, loving The Girlfriend Generation Growing up as a girl, you got the idea, somehow, that life is a competition with other women. Very rarely were you encouraged to have women friends. Which is really kind of sad. It was all about the boys. Do they like me or so-n-so? That's when the competition started. How naive we all were. When I stared to write my book, "Girlfriend Generation", it was after being forced to look at our friendships. This was all due to the illness of a friend. Working together to do something about that illness showed me how strong we are together; how much we really need each other, and exactly what those realtionships were suppose to be about. In many ways, the relationship that you have with your Girlfriends is more important that the one you have with your spouse/mate. That is because it is such a challenge. It goes against what we learn growing up, it makes us look at our relationships in a new way, and trust our instincts. And change is so hard. Of course as with anything there are rules. The rules for being a good Girlfriend boil down to a few basic principles; Do unto others; Give with your heart; Do because you want to and it is the right thing; Love without shame. Of course the book is more entertaining than that, but, you get the idea. We are creatures that must connect with other creatures in order to survive and grow. Do this on a daily basis and watch yourself grow into the human you always wanted to be. Girlfriends share. I just did, make sure you do as well. |
|  | Jennifer Anniston Today's Lady in the Spotlight is a woman, wife, mother, daughter, and a sister. She is the author of the work, "Girlfriend Generation." The most beautiful person in her world is her son. She is from Connecticut and was called Cinbad in high school. She wants to teach her children to be independent, trustworthy, and respectful. Meet the lady who's read the Harry Potter series. Her favorite pig out food is potato chips and dips. |
| Lady Interviews Cindy Penkoff | 
LADY: Where did you get your caring heart? CINDY: I believe a caring heart is something you are born with. It can change or be taken away based upon life experiences if you let it. But, if you choose to keep it, it is a gift from God. LADY: Who modeled caring for you and has been your greatest inspiration for life? CINDY: Believe it or not, the model of caring I think came late in life for me. I had really bad male role models growing up, so I always felt I had to protect myself from men. Until I met "Dad". He was the father of a man I was engaged to at 20. He was the most loving and genuinely caring human being I have ever known. I think of him often and ask, how would he deal with this person and hope I guess right. My inspirations for life are as you can see multiple. Dad, for who he was and my friends and family who have battled cancer. Whether they won or not they always did it with all their heart. Lastly my son. He approaches life every day as a gift. He gives love and joy to everyone he comes in contact with every day, with an effort to show them acknowledgement. Sometimes that's all a person needs is to be acknowledged. LADY: What is your life mission? CINDY: My mission is to make it through with out screwing up too badly, hahahahaha. To hopefully touch someone's life and have them feel I made a difference. I believe we should never leave anywhere without making it a better place than when we got there. |
|  | Charity Begins at HOME! | | 
LADY: What is that thing greater than yourself that you are committed to? CINDY: My son and his life and his future. He is already greater than anything I ever hoped to be. LADY: What do you sense is the greatest need among people where you live and people across the Planet Earth? CINDY: Tolerance is the greatest need, everywhere. A moment of tolerance, an ounce of patience a breath of understanding. All those things together or one at a time, can make such a difference. LADY: If you had the power to change three things going on in the world right now, what would you change and why? CINDY: I would change the political system in America. As it stands right now, nothing can be accomplished of any importance becasue the goverment officials are too worried about "ME". They don't work for the people who elect them; they work to secure their retirement. Right now elections are about voting for the lesser of evils, not the perfect person for the job. I would worry about our own first. We need to take care of the children, the elderly, the poor and the hungry right here in the USA. Charity begins at home. The education system in America is awful. However, not all of it has to do with the system. In many areas the system is about getting through the day, as we have children that have been brought up to ignore authority, take the easy way out and be disrespctful of just not others but themselves. Until people take responsibility for the upbringing of their children, the education system can not change. |
 | Don't Give In! | | 
LADY: What is your sense of the why of the conflicts between adult women and men, people of different ethnic groups, people of different economic groups, or just people of different social or gender preferences? CINDY: The why of conflict has mostly to do with lack of respect, lack of self worth and lack of tolerance. It is not about men and women, black and white, christian and not. Those are excuses. People who lash out at each other are looking to make themselves feel better about something. They will lash out at whatever they were taught as a child. If you lived with a bigot, you will lash out at others unlike you. If you were brought up poor and the home was unhappy or violent because of it, you will lash out at those that represent what you learned to hate as a child. People different from yourself are just easy targets. LADY: Who is your current greatest living influence and why? CINDY: My son is my greatest influence and has been for a very long time. Even though he has CP, he overcomes obstacles every day of his life. He sets goals, meets them and then sets new goals. He has a huge appetite for learning, is adventurous, intuitive, talented, sensitive and highly entertaining. LADY: What are your recommendations for families with children? CINDY: Don't give in. So many times I see parents that give their children whatever they want because they feel guilty. Maybe they work too much or dad never gets home for dinner, whatever. You are doing your children such a dis-service. If you tell your children to do something and they don't, don't do it for them because it's easier than the argument. Be consistent. Most importantly; follow through. If you tell them they can't do something or they are grounded, make sure you stick to it. They need to learn personal responsibility. |
 | Slow Down and Enjoy! | 
LADY: How do you process all the human violence and natural disasters taking place all over the world? CINDY: I don't know that you can process it. At some point you have to acknowledge that there is good and evil in this world and people are responsible for their own behavior. If you internalize it, it will be toxic for you and those around you. LADY: What are you living for? What do you hope for yourself, your family, your community, and for humanity? CINDY: I live for my family and my friends. For if they weren't here, why would I be? I can only hope that each individual person in my community and the surrounding ones, will learn to take a deep breath, slowdown and learn to enjoy their lives, their children and their friendships. LADY: What is your sense of what the future holds? CINDY: I would love to say, our children will make the future better, but, the reality is they are what they learn and if their parents don't decide to do their part now, the next generation won't know how to either. ************************************** 
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