by Shannon Popkin | Sep 19, 2012 | Compassion, Discipline, God, Mistakes, Serving
As my friend, Wendy, and I were waiting with the rest of the choir to go on stage, I noticed something. Her choir dress was black and mine was burgundy. And our folders were just the opposite–hers was burgundy and mine was black. “Let’s...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 17, 2012 | Compassion, Food, Funny, Kids' Perspective
Here’s a conversation I had one summer morning, with my nine-year-old son: Me: Honey, did you open the side door in the garage this morning? Him: Yeah, I went outside this morning while you guys were still sleeping. Me: What??! What were you doing outside? Him:...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
If you know me well, you’re wondering why I’m doing a post that is in any remote way related to football. Just to clarify, I’m the football fan, who, at last week’s HS game said to the guy next to me, “Now, what do you mean by the chain...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 12, 2012 | Faith, Parenting
TRADITION: Each year, Ken and I choose a verse-of-the-year for each of our kids. We think through the individual challenges or struggles he/she is facing and try to find a fitting verse. Doing so reminds us to periodically evaluate where our kids are in their walk of...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 6, 2012 | Communication, Funny, Kids' Perspective, Parenting
To help my kids tell me about their day at school, I made up “Funny, Mad/Sad, New & Review’. They have to tell me something from each category.So, for instance, here are the things I learned about today:Funny: In Cole’s math class, a kid walked...