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 | Jan 25, 2010 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Life, Moms, Parenting
So my twins now have I-Pods. Okay, they bought them with their own money and I could have said no, but they were so excited so I gave in. they are just getting into this tech world so early in life. They are 12. Man, it seems the thing is glued to them. I keep telling...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 23, 2010 | Children, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
During a lunch outing with my good friend Kristi from Rolling Hills at Manzana’s to celebrate her birthday, we spoke of gratitude and how you can build thankfulness into our kids’ lives. Too many of our children have this attitude of I deserve it all and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 23, 2009 | Adventure, Children, Church, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Moms, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website
(Originally published in The Oregonian newspaper Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, page B 2 of Metro section) When Dan Holland, M.D., was finishing his first day of work last summer as a visiting ophthalmologist at Tenwek Hospital in western Kenya, the eye clinic was still...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 12, 2009 | Children, Community Service, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Live the Questions, Outreach, Refugees, Transitions, Youth
Today I met with adminstrators from Riek’s new school and old school. Riek is 12 years old and he has worked so hard to get into this new school. That is all he has talked about lately. Last weekend when we were taking him back to his North Portland home after...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 29, 2009 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary, Transitions
For as much as we complain about modern technology — especially if it is not working and if it eats up too much time and if our kids are over-using it — it sure is nice if you stop and think about it. Last weekend I was able to not only talk to my...
