by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 12, 2018 | Family Life, Kids growing up, Parenting, Raising Teens
I was realizing that we weren’t planning as much in the summers as a family since our five kids are in varied locations and stages of life this summer, and then July hit and I panicked: Summer is half over. It made me stop to recognize that as kids get older and get...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 29, 2018 | Outreach, Parenting
My neighbor Wendy’s first grade daughter had a friend over for a playdate in their home, which is a three bedroom, two bath adorable ranch, and the friend said to Wendy’s daughter, “Where is the rest of your house?” A similar thing happened to my son, who had a very...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 7, 2018 | Being present, Family Life, Parenting
My neighbor Midori’s late husband Belton HJ Hamilton was the first African American to graduate from Stanford and the first African American assistant Attorney General in Oregon. I love visiting Midori. She’s the mother of two grown children whom she is so proud of....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 23, 2015 | Family Life, Parenting, Tradition
I couldn’t find my Advent book this year, so I bought a new one. I’m always on the lookout for good Advent books anyway. Okay, got to love Amazon. My new book, The The Advent Jesse Tree arrived Dec. 12, so we were already 12 days behind the suggested daily reading to...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 4, 2015 | Parenting
Every year since our children were babies, we have packed up the kids the day after Thanksgiving and driven up to the Mount Hood National Forest to cut down our Christmas tree. It’s quite the effort especially a day after we have filled our bellies with turkey and...
