by Shannon Popkin | Jun 14, 2011 | Teens
It’s officially the second day of summer and we’ve already made an emergency run to the library. Does anyone else have a book worm at their house? Mine is a tween, which makes book finding that much more difficult. Twilight? Pretties and Uglies?...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 14, 2011 | Teens
If you have a girl who loves books the way mine does, these middle school years can be tricky. I don’t want to let her loose amidst the blood sucking, twisted romance novels that line the shelves of the library’s teen section. And I don’t have the...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 6, 2011 | Beauty, Funny, Mistakes
Last year, I spoke at a moms group on the topic of ‘beauty’. While I planned to speak mostly about inner beauty, I didn’t want to seem disqualified to present the topic! So, I tried to muster all the beauty I could, as I got ready that morning. I tried on several...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 4, 2011 | Church, Funny, Mistakes, Sin
My friend, Heidi, tells about her adventures in raising chickens this year…”I can still see the sun shining, the ladies and their children casually chatting and playing in my backyard. I can see myself standing by the chicken tractor with a friend,...
by Shannon Popkin | May 29, 2011 | Hardship
I met my friend, yesterday, for a spin class at the YMCA. It’s much more fun to sweat with a friend at your side, don’t you think?As the class got spinning, my friend and I were chatting and comparing notes on how sore we were from the last class. Then,...