by Shannon Popkin | Oct 24, 2011 | Marriage, Parenting
One evening, we saw a bat, stuck between our screen door and the glass sliding door. The bat’s face was right up against the glass and his wings spread out. With his mouth open, it looked like he was hissing curses at us. And by the looks of him, I was convinced...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 22, 2011 | Communication, Marriage, Mistakes
Yesterday afternoon, I called and asked Ken if he could pick up some decaf coffee. We were having company over that night, and I wanted to make sure we had some on hand.He said, “Sure. Is there any particular kind you want?”I said, “Well, I like...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 19, 2011 | Faith, Hardship, Mistakes
My friend was volunteering in her daughter’s class recently, when a little boy came to her for help. He was trying to complete a word search puzzle with his spelling words. He said, “Mine doesn’t have any spelling words in here.”My friend tried...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 16, 2011 | Mistakes, Writing
Today, I ate lunch with the most accomplished writer I’ve ever personally met. In the past thirty years, she’s written twenty-five books and over a thousand magazine articles. (Can you accomplish that and still squeeze in the traditional practices of...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 11, 2011 | Funny, Mistakes, Parenting
Here is the note that I emailed to the other parents of Cade’s soccer team this weekend:Dear Fellow Parents,I’m sort of glad that I had to miss the boys’ game on Saturday, because I would have experienced first-hand my worst nightmare: forgetting...