by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 6, 2010 | Community Service, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Writing
I have had 19,000 visits onto my website from 56 countries/territories of the world in the past week. From New Zealand and South Korea and Ireland and Mexico and South Africa and Sudan. Even a reader from Iraq. The traffic shut down my website for a while....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 3, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Faith, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach, Refugees, Writing
When I blogged about the experience I had at a local café in Portland where my daughter and I were having a quiet conversation with a Portland Police officer before we were interrupted by the café owner, who asked the police officer to leave, I never dreamed that the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 22, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Refugees
My daughter and I were looking forward to a nice lunch at the Red and Black, a vegan cafe in southeast Portland, two days before she was to return to school in Germany. Having a vegetarian daughter makes for great eating adventures. I had heard about the southeast...
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 | Dec 19, 2009 | Community Service, Culture, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Refugees
Yesterday we took over a Christmas tree that we had cut down in the Mount Hood National forest to our Sudan friends in north Portland. They are refugees, a family of 9, who live in north Portland apartments. The mom, Tifiso, was so excited to get her tree into her...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 11, 2009 | Adventure, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach
I was recently talking with another soccer mom about my daughter Rachel being in Germany right now pursuing her dreams. Rachel is in language school so she can pass the German proficiency language exam required for admission into the German university system. Her...
