by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 1, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, for 31 Days
My 17-year-old son started going swimming every day at our local private pool at 7 a.m. to get in shape for the upcoming fall swim season. He has a workout that his swim team coach Leanne gave to him. I thought, I could join him at 7 a.m. to swim with him. Bonding...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 21, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting
When I was growing up my dad would always make a big deal about Mother’s Day. He’d bring us to the store to have us buy little presents or flowers for my mom and he’d remind us to write cards that showed our thanks to our mom for being there for us. We’d have a nice...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 20, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting, Uncategorized
Friday night my 17-year-old twin son Michael Josef wasn’t feeling good after we went to see Jurassic World. I wasn’t feeling great either. My 12-year-old son had talked us into purchasing the D-box seats for this particular showing of the new dinosaur hit movie; D-box...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 19, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting, Uncategorized
When I was growing up, we had a family friend named Brent and he used to say about my very German family: “In your house, you are only worth what you work.” For me, that would not have made me worth very much since, compared with my sister, I was not the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 16, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting
The Other day, I came home too late from a meeting and my teenage twins were still up and one of their friends was over and they were playing x-box in our living room and it was really late and I was really tired and after my standard greeting of “Hello, how are you...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 15, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”- 1 Peter 5:5 I messed up. Again. I overreacted toward my 17–year-old son the other day. I raised my voice. I made something a bigger deal than it was. After I did this, I felt so badly. I am a...
