by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 7, 2015 | Write31Days
Last night my friend Jeanie came over and we watched the movie “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” My twins, who are almost 18 years old, and my son Gus, 12, joined us even though it was a school night. Jeanie, my daughter and I were originally going to go out to the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 6, 2015 | Write31Days
Gracie came over last night to see my daughter who is home from Germany. Gracie is the neighborhood Baker’s daughter who grew up with my kids and was like a second daughter to me. She came to our Easter egg hunts over the years as well as my kids’ birthday parties and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 5, 2015 | Write31Days
The other day, my 17-year-old son Mickael Josef told me that he is picking up his friend Will for soccer practice. His friend lives two and a half miles away. Soccer practice was a half a mile away. It did not make sense to me that he would drive that far to pick up a...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 5, 2015 | Parenting, Write31Days
I’ve been reluctant to do the official #Write31Days Blogging challenge because I cannot figure out how to create that button thingy. Or, at least that is what my excuse has been. I did my own month long blog writing challenge this past summer and then promised myself...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 17, 2015 | Being present, Family Life, Parenting, Slowing Down
One of my twins was on the couch after school yesterday, playing some game on his phone. Whenever my kids are on their phones, I get all uptight and worried that they are losing brain mass and not being productive and there is work to be done around the house,...
