by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 4, 2010 | Children, Community, Community Service, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website
For Darren Gulbrandson, who founded Mentor Athletics in 2003, youth sports are always about more than winning the game. They are also about developing relationships and life skills. Gulbrandson, 35, says he usually gets at least one call a day from the boys who...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Join W. Paul Young, author of The Shack , Feb. 13, from 8-10:30 am as he shares the story of writing the popular New York Times best-selling book. The event takes place at Willamette Christian Church in West Linn, which is located at 3153 S Brandywine Drive. The...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 25, 2010 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Life, Moms, Parenting
So my twins now have I-Pods. Okay, they bought them with their own money and I could have said no, but they were so excited so I gave in. they are just getting into this tech world so early in life. They are 12. Man, it seems the thing is glued to them. I keep telling...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 23, 2010 | Children, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
During a lunch outing with my good friend Kristi from Rolling Hills at Manzana’s to celebrate her birthday, we spoke of gratitude and how you can build thankfulness into our kids’ lives. Too many of our children have this attitude of I deserve it all and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 22, 2010 | Adventure, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Faith, Family Life, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
My mom friend Juanita and I were on an adventure hike at Tryon Creek State Park on MLK Junior Day, with our 12-year-old boys and my 6 year old boy plus our family friends from Sudan, their 12-year-old and 13 -year old kids. The four 12-year-old boys were meandering...