by Shannon Popkin | Jun 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here is my guest post for KatieMReid.com. Katie and I met at the Speak Up conference last summer, and discovered we both write about giving Jesus control! I was a really good mom to littles. I was good at keeping little fingers away from electrical outlets, little...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
I got to babysit for the cutest little four-month-old baby boy recently. He cooed and smiled at me, and looked into my eyes while I sang him a song. When I fed him his bottle, he locked his chubby fingers onto mine. I figured that meant we had “bonded”,...
by Shannon Popkin | May 27, 2016 | Media
Here’s my first post on Dove’s brand new Parenting Blog. When I was a kid, I always thought I was getting away with murder when I read under the covers past bedtime. But now, I wonder. Did my parents look in, see the flashlight under the covers, and sneak...
by Shannon Popkin | May 23, 2016 | Control Girl, Marriage
I met Michelle on the Peaceful Wife blog, when she responded to a guest post I wrote called, “When ‘Submit’ Seems like a Dirty Word”. Michelle agreed to let me tell her story, here. May it encourage you deeply: Last December, after twelve years of marriage, Michelle’s...
by Shannon Popkin | May 10, 2016 | Media
I’m so excited about an opportunity I have to write for the newly launched Dove Parenting Blog! (Read the first post HERE!) I’ll be contributing to the blog as a mom of teenagers. If you have teens, I’m assuming you have media issues (like we...