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,...
by Shannon Popkin | May 8, 2011 | Holidays, Kids' Perspective, Parenting
“If I were a mother I would…” Cade wrote: “First go live in penslvania. Then sine up to be a civl war nurs. Then get a house. And a very nice house. Then get an ipod. Then be a sailer. Then take a brake. Then become a polic officer.”I...
by Shannon Popkin | May 6, 2011 | Funny, Parenting
Cade asked if I would sharpen his pencil for school this morning, and I said, “Sure!”As I sharpened, I noticed that the pencil said, “Caught Bein’ a Quality Student”. I said, “Cade! Is this your special pencil?”He nodded yes,...
by Shannon Popkin | May 4, 2011 | Father, Kids' Perspective, Sin
One day, when our daughter was three, Ken noticed her sitting on the potty in the dark. He said, “Why didn’t you turn the light on, Honey?”She sighed and said, “Well, dis way I won’t fowget to tuwn it off.” Ken talks about turning...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
On Easter Sunday, I was trotting behind my grocery cart, all panicky because the Easter flowers were completely picked over and I had nothing to put on my table to pretty it up. So, at a brunch this week, when my friend Rachel Heagle shared her bountiful supply of...