by Shannon Popkin | May 23, 2013 | Kids' Perspective, Mistakes, Parenting, Sin
“Mommy, I just took my socks off ’cause they got wet from the paint.”He said it as he was whizzing past–sockless–on his way up from the basement to go outside. “What paint?” I called after him.”That paint on the...
by Shannon Popkin | May 20, 2013 | God, Mistakes, Parenting, Sin, Teens
Lindsay is our first child–our parenting ‘experiment’. Only, as a preschooler, she provided an invalid hypothesis: She made parenting seem easy. If we used a stern voice, she would drop her head and comply. If we gave her one warning, and the...
by Shannon Popkin | May 18, 2013 | Beliefs, Freedom
For Market Day in third grade, Cade will be selling Lego capes made from duct tape! Check these guys out:We made lots of two toned, reversible capes. We used a some of our friend’s duct tape collection (thanks, Caroline!) and made some fun girl capes, too. I got...
by Shannon Popkin | May 17, 2013 | Church, Food, Hospitality, Humility, Parenting, Serving
My friend recently told me about being part of the meals ministry at church.She would be tying polka dot ribbons around her tidy tinfoil packages of steaming hot, delicious food, and tucking her added gift of little kitchen towels strategically into the basket to keep...
by Shannon Popkin | May 13, 2013 | Published
A few years ago, I wrote a story, first published by MomSense Magazine, which got a lot of attention. People passed it along in email chains and on blogs, it won an award for best humor, and it was used to create an animated video.I would run into people at church or...