by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 20, 2018 | Chores, Family Life, How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting
I was watching a Today Show Parents segment called Through Mom’s Eyes and it featured an interview with Sonya Curry, the mother of NBA superstar Steph Curry. In the six-minute segment, Sonya mentioned how she once didn’t allow her son to play in a basketball...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 19, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Navigating Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Philosophy
We were at the Portland International Rose Garden recently and saw this rose and if you look really closely the name on this rose is Little Artist and I was intrigued both by the physical beauty and style and color and smell of the rose and also by the name of the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 18, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Omihood, Parenting
My Omi in Deutschland used to look me in the eyes with her deep dark brown eyes which had the brightest, shiniest beam in them and as she looked at me she would wrap me in her arms and exclaim to me: “Oh, Cornelia. Oh, Cornelia, du bist so lieb” which is...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 17, 2018 | Family, How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting
I love to walk places together with my people, if I can. On this crisp fall sunny cold day, my dad and I and a friend of my parents walked to my dad’s church. We were all bundled up and cold and yet it was so awesome. I love this time with my dad. Walking with...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 16, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Navigating Motherhood
When I turned 8-years-old in Corvallis, Oregon, I received 25 cents and a card for my birthday from my friend Jeanie’s Grandma Higgins, and my German mom had me write a thank you note to her. Three times. To get my handwriting just right. When I gave Grandma Higgins...
