by Shannon Popkin | Mar 9, 2020 | Young Control Girl
I slammed the door so hard, it quivered in its frame. It was Memorial Day, and all I wanted was to sleep in, but noooo. My parents had decided it was a get-up-early-and-work day. And now my mom had just reminded me for the 116th time that I couldn’t leave until my...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 4, 2020 | Control Girl, Love, Marriage, Wisdom, Women, Young Control Girl
I can’t remember where we were or when he said it, but I do remember how I looked. I was wearing jeans with a green sweater that had a big cowl neck. I was leaning to one side with my elbow bent, my head propped up on my hand and my other hand resting on my hip....
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 29, 2020 | Young Control Girl
I was twenty years old, single, and getting ready for a date. (If that sentence makes no sense to you, it’s because this story took place about three decades ago—back when people who weren’t dating went on dates. Weird, I know.) Our house didn’t have air...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 20, 2020 | Control Girl, Young Control Girl
Back in my teens and twenties, if you had asked, “Do you have control issues?” I would have given you a sweet, but dismissive, smile. Me? Controlling? It never crossed my mind. I knew, of course, that there were manipulative, pushy, demanding women in the world who...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 25, 2019 | Ministry
I’m not someone who has always dreamed of traveling. We live in beautiful Michigan, so when my husband points to this place or that place on a map, I just say, “But Michigan is so pretty in the summer (or fall… or winter… or spring…). We...