by Shannon Popkin | May 9, 2016 | Hardship
Taken from TrueWoman.com. By: Shannon Popkin When my son was ten, he was diagnosed with a rare skin disease, literally an hour before we left on vacation. That morning he had pulled up his basketball shorts to show me the sores on his legs, which he hadn’t...
by Shannon Popkin | May 7, 2016 | Parenting
A re-post from last year: My son, Cole, was mesmerized by fish as a child. So, to surprise him on his fifth birthday, I bought a one-gallon fish tank. A few hours before his party, I sent my husband to fetch a resident for the tank, and he came back with, “Goldfish.”...
by Shannon Popkin | May 5, 2016 | Salvation
By: Shannon Popkin, Taken from the True Woman blog. “I accepted Ken as my husband.” For the record, I have never spoken about my husband in these terms. I’ve never said to my children, “Twenty years ago, I accepted your daddy as my personal...
by Shannon Popkin | May 4, 2016 | Parenting
Whatever becomes “normal” at home is what our kids will take with them into life. Is it normal to stomp off and slam doors? Is it normal to give the silence treatment? Is it normal to run greet whoever just got home? As moms, we play a vital role in laying...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 25, 2016 | Church, Uncategorized
It was my first day of “big church.” We arrived early, entering the school gym filled with folding chairs. People greeted each other softly as someone played the piano on the stage. As we filed into a row near the front, my dad smiled and nodded at the...