by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 23, 2015 | Family Life, Parenting, Tradition
I couldn’t find my Advent book this year, so I bought a new one. I’m always on the lookout for good Advent books anyway. Okay, got to love Amazon. My new book, The The Advent Jesse Tree arrived Dec. 12, so we were already 12 days behind the suggested daily reading to...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 5, 2015 | Parenting, Write31Days
I’ve been reluctant to do the official #Write31Days Blogging challenge because I cannot figure out how to create that button thingy. Or, at least that is what my excuse has been. I did my own month long blog writing challenge this past summer and then promised myself...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 19, 2014 | Family Life, Kids, Moms, Motherhood, Navigating Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Philosophy, Raising Teens, Raising Tweens, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column, Real-Life Mom column - The Oregonian, Teaching Moments, Teens, Transitions, Tweens, Twins, West Linn, Writing
After the recent winter concert of my sixth grade son at his middle school, we went out for ice cream at the local Baskin-Robbins with about a dozen other families from the community who, like us, were celebrating the wonderful holiday musical event. It was my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 7, 2014 | balance, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Holidays, juggling, Kids, Life, Moms, Motherhood, Navigating Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Philosophy, Raising Teens, Raising Tweens, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column, Teens, Tradition, Tweens, Twins, Writing
There was no question regarding getting the Christmas tree this year. We got up early, two days after Thanksgiving, gathering our bags of cold weather gear, and drove to meet the Seigneur side of the family along with our older son and his wife at the Estacada ranger...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 10, 2014 | Faith, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Motherhood, Parenting, Real LIfe
I met with two long time friends of mine, a husband and wife, this week; they’ve been mentors to me and my husband since we were in college where we met through the university ministry CRU. I love it when mentors become friends which is the case with these two. They...
