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 20, 2018 | Chores, Family Life, How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting
I was watching a Today Show Parents segment called Through Mom’s Eyes and it featured an interview with Sonya Curry, the mother of NBA superstar Steph Curry. In the six-minute segment, Sonya mentioned how she once didn’t allow her son to play in a basketball...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 15, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Navigating Motherhood, Parenting Philosophy
While my husband Chris was growing up, he had always wanted to be a mechanical engineer, so it was quite a surprise when he announced to his father during his senior year of high school, that he might want to skip college and become a mechanic instead. His dad asked...
