by Shannon Popkin | Jan 26, 2011 | Teens
We were eating birthday cake. I’m sure my daughter felt like it was a relatively good time to launch an attack. I mean, I was smiling, eating sugar, chatting with family. So she went for it. “My friend wishes I had text.” “Okay….” I...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 22, 2011 | Faith, Kids' Perspective
Cole told me that his new friend from third grade was ‘cathletic’. I said, “Oh. Can you remind me what ‘cathletic’ means?” He said, “You know, they do that thing where they draw a cross on themselves.” Ahhhh. Yes,...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 18, 2011 | Church
A re-post… one of my favorite stories from middle school.When I was in middle school, my youth group went skiing. Pastor Austin, who loved all things fast, was our slope mentor, darting from one new skier to another. If you happened to be lying on your back...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 13, 2011 | Christian Growth, Funny, Kids' Perspective
When I was a second grade teacher, I found out I was expecting my first baby just before school started. My principal, not wanting to needlessly alarm parents over the way this would affect my classroom, asked me not to say anything to the children. As the school year...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 4, 2011 | Parenting
I used to say of my son Cole, when he was a toddler: “Whatever Cole wants—whether it be the blue cup or the green cup, the grape or the strawberry, the matchbox car or the motorcycle—whatever it is that he wants, he wants it with all of his heart!” In the blink of an...