by Shannon Popkin | Jul 31, 2012 | Faith, Hardship, Pain, Problems
This lotion was like a magic eraser! When my friend spread it on her daughter’s horrible Eczema, the scales and blisters amazingly disappeared! Jen was so thrilled to be able to give her little girl relief.But within a short time, Jen noticed little bumps...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 30, 2012 | Friendship
My latest post on Beyond Bath Time:A few years ago, my daughter went through the BFF stage. She said it stood for Best Friends Forever. I said it stood for Big Fear Fixer. What’s the big fear? That we won’t have a friend. In kindergarten, we believe...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 26, 2012 | Communication, Mistakes, Problems, Wisdom
I stood back a couple of feet from the window, watching my husband, Ken, talk to our very unhappy looking neighbor. The man kept pointing to a strip of grass between our two houses. As the neighbor’s motions swept wider and his face got redder, my anxiety...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 23, 2012 | Marriage, Parenting, Roles
My husband is incredibly tight. Tighter-than-my-high-school-jeans-tight. (Not that I still have them. I’m not nearly as tight as he is.) This morning, he crawled into bed beside where I was propped up with pillows, doing email. He said, “Whachawanna do...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 20, 2012 | Discipline, Parenting, Sin
Recently, my friend and I were talking about getting to the root (heart) issue, when we discipline our kids. I shared with her my 3 Questions (which I got from another friend!), which I have found to be helpful with my own kids. She asked me to write them down for...