by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 19, 2015 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2015
Despite my accident and my focus this year on recovery, I have kids at home. I am trying to make things as normal as possible. What is normal? I have done adventures each summer with my kids and am trying to do that this year as well. This week’s Summer Outdoor...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 11, 2015 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2015
Our Adventure Number 4 this summer was a hike with the cousins along Falls Creek to Falls Creek Falls on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. We found out about this place through the cousins’ friend. It was an hour and a half drive from Portland, and oh...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 8, 2015 | Adventure
I try to approach parenting like I approach life. It’s an adventure. It’s all about the attitude. Webster defines adventure as: Definition of adventure -[ad-ven-cher] – noun 1. an exciting or very unusual experience. 2.participation in exciting...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 7, 2015 | Life
My neighbor Joyce needs supplemental oxygen just to breathe. She cannot go anywhere without it. She sits on her couch with her thin oxygen tubes connected through her nose and with this heat; it’s been especially hard on her. Today, she left me a voice mail that the...
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...
