by Shannon Popkin | Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Everybody said our third child was ready to start kindergarten when he was (just-turned) five. But ready for kindergarten does not mean ready for every subsequent year. We learned that with child number two. For him, Kindergarten was a blast. But first grade? Not so...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 20, 2011 | Food, Jesus, Parenting, Salvation, Sin
One day, sitting on bar stools for lunch, Lindsay snuck a pretzel from five-year-old Cole’s plate. If you had known Cole at this point, you would have admired Lindsay for her bravery. But your admiration would have quickly converted to sympathy, as the...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 9, 2011 | Kids' Perspective, Parenting
After the waiter seated our party, I realized we were missing someone–Cade. I glanced back to the waiting area and saw him animatedly conversing with a woman, holding a newborn. Escorting him to our table, I asked what he’d been talking to her about. He...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 5, 2011 | Marriage, Wisdom
The road ahead of us was completely dark, illuminated only by our headlights. “Well, I’ll try and get a few hours of sleep and then, go in to work tomorrow, I guess,” he said, staring straight ahead.But I looked directly at him, my chin quivering....
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 23, 2011 | Differences, Jesus
We do send our kids to a public school.We don’t attend Sunday Evening services.We do dress up for Halloween.We don’t let our kids read Harry Potter.We did immunize our babies. We didn’t pick them up whenever they cried. We do use birth control.We...