by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 29, 2015 | Write31Days
Yesterday evening when my son Wesley, all dressed in black slacks and a crisp white button down shirt, returned from his job as a server at a local golf club, he raved about the steelhead and chicken he brought home to share with the family. Hey, the perks of working...
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 | Jun 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thought for today: Nourish the nurturing side of your child . . . It’s early morning and I walk into my 12-year-old son’s bedroom and there he is petting Colt’s black and white coat. He tells me that she climbed up on his bed. He’s looking at his new tuxedo kitten...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 26, 2015 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2015
For our second Outdoor Adventure with Kids for this summer, we took about a 30 minute drive out to Beaverton, Oregon to the Cooper Mountain Nature Park . This time I had all three of my boys (who are at home) with me. My friend Christy wondered how I get my kids...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today I was dropping off Malibu Camp permission forms for my twins at the Young Life House in West Linn, and a fellow substitute teacher from Athey Creek stopped by at the same time. She told me that she met one of my twins last week at a Young Life meeting. She said...