by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 23, 2009 | Family Life, Gratitude, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I had to go to a writing meeting tonight so I was not able to eat dinner with the family, but I did not want to miss what was happening at home. I did not want to miss the ordinary extraordinary. Rachel’s friend had come over and I had initially thought they were...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 22, 2009 | Faith, Justice, Live the Questions
If you are a woman in America, count your blessings for the pants in your closet and the ability to wear them, as silly as that may seem. Other women in other countries are not as fortunate. Take Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, a journalist who works for the media department...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 22, 2009 | Adventure, Family Life, Slowing Down
I found this recent article about Prince Charles intriguing – walk more and use public transportation – and he is in England where public transportation is used so much more than where I live- I live in the suburbs and we talk about green living and we use...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 15, 2009 | Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary
He sits at the corner of the bend of Carriage Way. Every morning and evening to wave at the passers by rushing to work or wherever the day requires. Just seeing him, makes me want to slow down. The first time I drove by a couple of years ago, he waved at me wearing...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 1, 2009 | Christianity, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Family Life, Justice, Life, Live the Questions
One moment he is riding his bicycle in Africa and the next he is struck by a motorcycle and gone from this earth. Former West Linn High School band teacher who taught my son Ryan for three years, Jeff Cumpston, a day shy of his 53rd birthday, was killed in Zimbabwe...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 26, 2009 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Wow, what a week [two as one of the weeks was preparing]- a road trip to Yellowstone Park-our first with our children. Our daughter’s boyfriend Stefan from Germany was with us and he was baptized into our large family life- eight of us squeezed into a Chevy...
