by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 3, 2012 | Children, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
This past weekend, my extraordinary, kind, intelligent, bright, warm, adventurous, curious, sweet, godly, loving, fun daughter Rachel Marianne christa taylor photo was married in a classic, elegant, vintage, beautiful marriage ceremony at the Academy Chapel in...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 31, 2012 | Adventure, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Kids, Life, Moms, Slowing Down
While my daughter is home this month planning her marriage ceremony and reception with me and her fiancé Stefan we have been very very busy. It deserves about 100 times that many verys. It is unbelievable the details and process and back and forth and decisions and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 17, 2012 | Christianity, Church, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Fundraising, Justice, Kids, Moms, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Southwest Weekly Oregonain
Kelly Bean, a West Linn mom of three, first learned of Pastor Steven Turikunkiko and his wife, Providence, at a conference for Christian leaders in Uganda in 2007. The Turikunkikos, who live in the neighboring country of Rwanda in central Africa, had been taking...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 18, 2012 | Adventure, Children, Community, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, School Days, The Extraordinary Ordinary, West Linn news, Youth
So, my twins and I are up late watching the snow accumulate as God is blanketing the street and the house and the yard in a blanket of soft white. And the twins who are 14 say, “Mom, it’s really sticking and there must be an inch at least and they will at...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 16, 2011 | Adventure, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Muse Student publication, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I celebrate life. I celebrate building sand castles on slow silver and blue-sky days and seeing my children hanging out with one another. I celebrate decorating the Christmas tree with family and friends where every ornament tells a story. I celebrate big monuments...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 29, 2011 | Adventure, Community, Community Service, Kids, Moms, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community
Originally published in The Oregonian SW Weekly Oct. 29, 2011 Get your Halloween costume out two days early for Saturday’s Oct. 29 Zombie Apocalypse Run at LeeFarms in Tualatin. The event is the brainchild of two West Linn moms, Heather Robbins and Debbie...