by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 7, 2009 | Children, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
We had a soccer tournament last weekend. See, I did it again. I said, “We had a soccer tournament last weekend ” when I meant “My twins had a soccer tournament last weekend.” Okay, yes, that is a sign that I am a soccer mom. And I am also a cross country mom, a Boy...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 3, 2009 | Adventure, Family Life, Kids, Life
In less than 9 hours, I am off to complete my 6th marathon. http://www.portlandmarathon.org/ . . my first marathon was the Portland Marathon in 2001. This photo is from 2005, my 3rd marathon, when my husband brought our kids to join me for a short time toward the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 1, 2009 | Adventure, Children, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Okay, so I like fall, the leaves changing colors, the excitement about back to school, the soccer games and cross country matches and youth group events and boy scouts and family traditions like making apple cider. You would not believe how excited our 6 year old got...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 23, 2009 | Authors, Culture, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions
Saturday night I attended Donald Miller’s A Million Miles Tour at Grace Chapel in Wilsonville Oregon and it was just a fun night. I sat in the front row and he was on the same level as the audience and I asked him if he was moving up higher and he said no, but...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 5, 2009 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Kids, Life
We hiked up the Sleeping Beauty Trail for an adventure in the Mt. Adams wilderness area and it was a team effort to get 9 of us from various ages and abilities up that hill. One of our Sudan friends was having a really hard time and we told her this was a team effort...
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...
