by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 3, 2018 | grace, How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting
When I was in fifth grade in Germany with my family, my Oma on my dad’s side wanted me to eat a certain lunchmeat from the “kids’” table. Yeah, they had a table with food for the kids and a separate table with food for adults. I wanted the food from the adult table....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tonight my husband and I attended the Over The Rhine concert at the Aladdin Theater with our friends from church. Over the Rhine is a husband-wife folk music duo that has released dozens of albums since forming as a band almost 30 years ago. Their story-telling music...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 30, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Motherhood
My daughter for Christmas one year gave me a framed poem collage with words and photos crafted out of magazine cutouts. The title of the poem was “Mom Living” or maybe it was just “Mom” as I look at it again. She wrote: My Mom is the light of my life She makes me feel...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 25, 2018 | Being present, How I Mom, How you mom, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Oh my goodness that smile. . . The laughter, the fun, the sweetness, the craziness, the wild, the singing, the teasing, the chaos, the clanging, the clapping, the noise. Yep, it’s all there… and then they sit on the couch doing homework …before leaving for...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 23, 2018 | Family Life, Holidays, How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting, Tradition
Every year since we were first married, my husband and I and his family have gone the day after Thanksgiving to the Mt. Hood National Forest to get our real Christmas tree. When I say, “real” I mean real live tree from the real woods. We purchase buy our $5 permit at...
