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FULL NAME:  Cindy L. Morgan-Brouwer

BORN WHEN AND WHERE?:  Ohio, Miami Valley Hospital, June 4, 1968

FAMILY FACTS:  Married to Sigmund Brouwer with two daughters, one named Olivia and Savannah; 3 sisters; two brothers.

FIRST SONG (AND AGE WRITTEN): "The Sun is Hot" at age 8
READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?:  Out of the Shadows by Sigmund Brouwer and The Gift of Pain by Philip Yancey and Paul W. Brand

FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE?:  What else?  John 3:16.  (Cindy has also  mentioned Matthew 6:25-26.)

SONG YOU WISH YOU WROTE?:  "Mr. Tanner" by Harry Chapin

HOBBIES:  Exercise, taebo, yoga, reading, bird watching and cooking

IF YOU WEREN'T AN ARTIST, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?:  Maybe a gardener or interior decorator

WHAT IS GOD TEACHING YOU NOW?:  To let the small things go and focus on the things in life that are truly important.

IF YOU COULD MEET ANYONE, WHO WOULD IT BE?:  It would be a tie between Billy Graham and Mother Teresa

WHAT WAS THE FIRST INSTRUMENT YOU LEARNED TO PLAY?:  Recorder

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO BE DOING IN TEN YEARS?:  Writing songs and maybe children's books.  Being a great wife and mother to my kids.

FAVORITE COMFORT/PIG-OUT FOOD:  Mexican, Italian & Dairy Queen -- it's impossible to choose!

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM:  I don't really have one.  I guess the Tennessee Titans.

FAVORITE CARTOON:  Sylvester the Cat

FAVORITE PLACE:  Tennessee

FAVORITE BOARD GAME:  Monopoly -- but my husband always wins!

FAVORITE SODA:  Grape Soda

FAVORITE BOOKS:  The Giving Tree

FAVORITE MOVIES:  Tie between It’s a Wonderful Life & Awakenings

FAVORITE ALBUM:  The Mission soundtrack

FAVORITE FOOD:  Chicken Burito from La Hacinda

FAVORITE TV SHOW:  The Andy Griffith Show & The Practice

FAVORITE COLOR:  Sky blue

FAVORITE CITIES:  San Antonio

FAVORITE VACATION SPOT:  I’m not sure -- A spot in Arizona that has water.  I don’t get sinus infections there.

FAVORITE TOY FROM CHILDHOOD:  Baseball glove, red baton

FAVORITE OUTFIT:  White Gap t-shirt and faded khakis.

FAVORITE HANGOUT:  Don’t have one at the present.

MOST MEMORABLE MEETING:  O'Landa Draper.  I have never met anyone with so much charisma.  Bob and Larry from VeggieTales.

MOST CHERISHED POSSESSION:  My memories of my father

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT:  I had a gagging/coughing/choking fit after a song at a concert in Detroit, Michigan, at a very large church.

MOST ANNOYING HABIT:  The way I order food... Like at Dairy Queen, I always order a banana split freeze without the bananas.

BEST GIFT YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED?:  My Bible and my wedding ring

BEST ADVICE YOU'VE EVER BEEN GIVEN?:  Someone told me I was too pessimistic and that I should try to be more optimistic because it would make it happier.  They were right.

BEST WAY TO MAKE YOU LAUGH:  Watching the Andy Griffith Show.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO BE DOING IN TEN YEARS?:  Writing songs and maybe children’s books.  Being a great wife and mother to my kids.

WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW?:  Andrea Bocelli

WHAT EVENT FROM 1999 STILL INFLUENCES YOU TODAY?:  My father's passing.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?:  Childlike

WHAT SNACKS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ON HAND?:  Cream Cheese & Salsa Baked Tostitos & Evian bottled water.

WHAT IS THE WORST SONG YOU HAVE EVER WRITTEN?:  "The Sun is Hot"

DREAM WHEELS:  Convertible SUV

IF YOU COULD BE ANY KIND OF TREE, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?:  Magnolia Tree-they smell so wonderful and have very strong leaves and branches.

IN YOUR HUMBLE OPINION, WHAT IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER?:  An album that has all Michael McDonald's songs from the Doobie Brothers years, and the Best of Dave Grusin

FIRST QUESTION YOU WILL ASK GOD WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN?:  Couldn't You have given me a dream to tell me how great this was gonna be so I could've stopped worrying about dying?

WHAT QUESTION DO YOU THINK HE WILL ASK YOU?:  Why didn't you trust that I was going to take care of you?

CHICKEN OR STEAK?:  Fish! I try to eat more fish than anything. I'm a lightweight vegetarian.

PERSON YOU’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE COFFEE WITH?:  Billy Graham, Mother Teresa, Andy Griffith

IF YOU COULD BE DROPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BOOK, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE?:  The book of Matthew, Genesis and Ecclesiastes.

CARTOON CHARACTER YOU ARE MOST LIKE:  Goofy

GUILTY PLEASURE:  Ice cream

IF YOU COULD BE STUCK IN AN ELEVATOR WITH ANYONE,  WHO WOULD IT BE?:
 Andy Griffith and Don Knotts.

WORD OR PHRASE YOU MOST OVERUSE:  The word “man”.

THING YOU CAN’T DO TO SAVE YOUR LIFE:  Swim

YOU’VE BEEN HANDED THE KEYS TO A TIME MACHINE.  WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO FIRST?:
 To the Garden of Eden when it was perfect, before the loss of innocence.

FIRST JOB:  Skate Hop at the Sonic.

STRANGEST THING YOU BELIEVED AS A CHILD:  That if I spun fast enough, I could actually turn into Wonder Woman.

HIDDEN TALENT:  I can push the paper wrapper of a straw into a tight accordian-like form and with a single drop of water have it unravel in a worm-like form.

QUESTION NO ONE HAD EVER ASKED YOU?: Do you ever brush your teeth in the shower?

DID YOU?:  Sometimes when I’m in a hurry.