by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 6, 2009 | Adventure, Faith, Family Life, The Extraordinary Ordinary
So, my darling 6 year old is chucklingas I hobble down each step sideways and as I say, Ouch and Ouwee and Oh that hurts a day after my marathon race! “Quit laughing at me,” I tease back at him. Yes, I am sore after completing my 6th marathon on Sunday, my 5th...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 3, 2009 | Adventure, Family Life, Kids, Life
In less than 9 hours, I am off to complete my 6th marathon. http://www.portlandmarathon.org/ . . my first marathon was the Portland Marathon in 2001. This photo is from 2005, my 3rd marathon, when my husband brought our kids to join me for a short time toward the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 1, 2009 | Church, Faith, Kids, Outreach, Youth, Youth Ministry
So, I’ve moved down in the world — The past five years I have been active with the high school ministry at church which I loved. High schoolers are so real and so raw and so down to earth and I have enjoyed hanging with my two older children’s youth...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 1, 2009 | Church, Community Service, Faith, Justice, Outreach, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection, Writing
I confess, I tried to get out of it at first. You will always be too busy. You will always find a reason to not go. And as the date was approaching I thought of many reasons I did not want to go to the State pen for the annual writing contest they sponsor. Prison...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 1, 2009 | Adventure, Children, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Okay, so I like fall, the leaves changing colors, the excitement about back to school, the soccer games and cross country matches and youth group events and boy scouts and family traditions like making apple cider. You would not believe how excited our 6 year old got...
