by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 22, 2010 | Adventure, Children, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
I dropped off my daughter at the airport on Thursday as she returns to Germany, and it was sad and it was hard and it was life and it was beauty seeing the way she adores her brothers and she is deliberate about reaching out to them and I love the way she is kind and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 29, 2010 | Children, Faith, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
So my 7 year old says to me last night, as he sees my on-going bumpy rash on my hands, “Mom, did the devil make your hands hurt?” I looked at him a bit confused and my husband said, “Cornelia, he’s asking you a question.” And he asked it again, then explained his...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 21, 2010 | Children, Church, Faith, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Writing
I was at church and my kids wanted to join me for the “big church” service rather than go to their individual classes, which I love. I so enjoy having my kids in church with me. Church can feel so segregated sometimes, grade school kids here, middle school in another...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 23, 2010 | Children, Church, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Moms, Parenting, Refugees
I am not the state. I am not a foster care home. I am a mom. So many thoughts surround having a 15-year-old injured boy that is not my son live in our home for a while. Originally, we took him in to live with our family in order to keep him safe and to make sure he...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 22, 2010 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Youth
We took our 12-year-old twins’ I-Pods away yesterday before church. Okay, I know I am sounding like the tough-love mom, but if I am honest, my husband actually did the tough-parenting deed. I am the one who complains to my husband about the over-use of I-Pods and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 26, 2010 | Children, Family Life, Moms, Parenting
I have Olympic fever. I will be so sad when this is over. Every night when the Olympics are on, I am hooked and cannot help myself but to stay up till it ends each night at midnight. Last night was the final showdown of the Women’s Ice Skating, my favorite event. The...
