Cynthia Siegfried

Cynthia Siegfried, author of Cancer Journey: A Caregiver’s View from the Passenger Seat, is an inspirational speaker, free-lance writer, and co-founder of f.a.i.t.H.—facing an illness through Him, a support group for families facing catastrophic illnesses. Since her husband’s diagnosis with stage IV lung cancer, she has become an advocate for lung cancer awareness and for cancer caregivers. Audiences of all ages can relate to her candid and often humorous presentations of the struggles and triumphs encountered during her ten-year journey in the passenger Seat. She and her husband have three adult daughters and seven grandchildren. Born and educated in Illinois, she has lived in Germantown Tennessee since 1980.

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A Caregiving Comparison

“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes: 1:9 Caring for aging parents is nothing new. Had we been privy to a family discussion in Bedrock, we might have heard a middle-aged Pebbles and Bambam discussing what was to be done with the widow Wilma who was found wandering the streets at three a.m.—minus her leopard skin. I am one of the thirteen million baby boomers caring for an aging parent. Although I’m not alone, the particulars of my situation may be somewhat […]

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