by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 20, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting, Uncategorized
Friday night my 17-year-old twin son Michael Josef wasn’t feeling good after we went to see Jurassic World. I wasn’t feeling great either. My 12-year-old son had talked us into purchasing the D-box seats for this particular showing of the new dinosaur hit movie; D-box...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 19, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting, Uncategorized
When I was growing up, we had a family friend named Brent and he used to say about my very German family: “In your house, you are only worth what you work.” For me, that would not have made me worth very much since, compared with my sister, I was not the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today is the fourth full day of summer vacation with our kids home from school. It is always a juggle to get into a rhythm with our summer days. Following in the footsteps of my friend Andee, I am giving my kids a week to just “chill” (as my twins call...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 17, 2015 | Family Life, Parenting
We were glued to the TV during the NBA finals these last weeks. I am a basketball fan and loved the adrenaline rush of this NBA finals series where Golden State and Cleveland duked it out. Then, after the heart racing series, it was of course the Golden State...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 16, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting
The Other day, I came home too late from a meeting and my teenage twins were still up and one of their friends was over and they were playing x-box in our living room and it was really late and I was really tired and after my standard greeting of “Hello, how are you...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 15, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”- 1 Peter 5:5 I messed up. Again. I overreacted toward my 17–year-old son the other day. I raised my voice. I made something a bigger deal than it was. After I did this, I felt so badly. I am a...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 12, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting, Uncategorized
It’s the last day of school, time to celebrate. I took my 17–year-old twin sons out to Starbucks to celebrate this morning. At first one of my twins said, “No, it’s okay, we don’t have to go.” But I countered, “Oh, Wes, I’d really like to take you and Micki...
