by Shannon Popkin | Feb 14, 2013 | Holidays, Love, Marriage, Women
I asked a friend yesterday what she was planning for Valentine’s Day (I was fishing for ideas to steal), and she said (in essence), “Are you nuts? I don’t do Valentine’s Day.” I had just come from another gathering of friends, and they...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 13, 2013 | Discipline, Mistakes, Parenting
A repost from 2009. Cole thinks this story is very funny now. :)My family was all within earshot when Ken said, “Shannon, we’ve got to be consistent with disciplining Cade for talking back. Should he sit in the corner for five minutes?” After we...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s Yellow Ball Monday, and Jen Spica has the ball!My husband and I have tried to train our young girls is how to accept gifts—both ones they like and ones they don’t. It is so hard to receive an unwanted gift with thankful heart and words. But what about when...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
by: Michelle Loveless”You’ve gotta see this, Honey,” my husband motions me to the window. Standing at the window, gazing into the sky is Henrik, our two year old son. “What are you doing?”I ask our little guy, curiously.” I’m...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Spoiler alert: You might want to read part 1 and part 2 and part 3 before you read on… The day finally came. As I welcomed the builder into my bursting-with-potential kitchen, I could hardly keep from hugging him. He followed me about the house, listening to me...