by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 13, 2018 | Navigating Motherhood, No formula, Parenting
I was driving my sophomore in high school son to early bird Wellness 2 this morning and was going about 15 miles per hour in the 25 mile per hour zone of our street. We passed a man walking along the street — we have no sidewalks in our neighborhood — and...
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 | Jul 1, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, for 31 Days
My 17-year-old son started going swimming every day at our local private pool at 7 a.m. to get in shape for the upcoming fall swim season. He has a workout that his swim team coach Leanne gave to him. I thought, I could join him at 7 a.m. to swim with him. Bonding...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 16, 2015 | A Thought a Day on Parenting for 31 Days, Parenting
The Other day, I came home too late from a meeting and my teenage twins were still up and one of their friends was over and they were playing x-box in our living room and it was really late and I was really tired and after my standard greeting of “Hello, how are you...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 9, 2014 | balance, Character, Children, Faith, juggling, Kids, Life, Moms, Motherhood, Navigating Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Philosophy, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column, Real-Life Mom column - The Oregonian, Teaching Moments, working moms, working parents, Writing
It was one of those mornings. Making school lunches, signing permission slips, trying to figure out the after school agenda, calculating rides home, trying to arrange doctors appointments. There was a middle school gathering/Halloween party/dance-ish event that my kid...
