by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 15, 2018 | Family Life, Hospitality, Real-Life Mom column
I had coffee with my fellow local writer-mom friend Laura at our neighborhood Starbucks. Somehow in the conversation she noted how she had stopped by my house last summer and my house was not “perfect,” but instead it felt “lived in” and that I have other...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 8, 2018 | Adventure, Faith
My first child and my only daughter was going to be in Germany for her 21st birthday as she was studying there, and so as I am not one to want to miss a party, I decided to fly to Europe to see celebrate with her. My 13-year-old at the time twins had never been on an...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 6, 2018 | Being present, Family Life, Parenting
I am back to blogging after basically three years since the accident. . . So much to share. . . this one on how we “Wait for one another” Our family was preparing to go to the mountains with Philip, our guest from Germany. We wanted to show Philip...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 11, 2015 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2015
Our Adventure Number 4 this summer was a hike with the cousins along Falls Creek to Falls Creek Falls on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. We found out about this place through the cousins’ friend. It was an hour and a half drive from Portland, and oh...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 9, 2015 | Accident, Being present, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Grown children, Kids, Life, Moms, Motherhood, Navigating Motherhood, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column - The Oregonian
My daughter left yesterday. You’d think I’d get used to it. I don’t. When my daughter visits from across the ocean, we stop the busy-to-do-lifestyle life. We go to indie coffee shops and on long walks in the neighborhood and make sure we meet with friends. We bake...
