by Shannon Popkin | Feb 22, 2016 | Anxiety, Fear, Rescue, Uncategorized
By: Shannon Popkin, Published on the True Woman Blog. It was my senior year of college. I was sharing an apartment with three other student teachers, and since we were in Virginia and there was snow on the ground, school was closed. My roommates were all huddled...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 12, 2016 | Compassion, Conflict Resolution, Control Girl, Marriage
To my married and dating friends, I offer these suggestions from my vast history as a Control Girl. Over the past twenty-five+ years, I’ve found these to be the five most effective ways to ruin Valentine’s Day. Or not. It’s really your choice. 1....
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m excited to introduce a book, recently published by Kregel Publications (which, incidentally, is also MY publisher!) titled The Peaceful Wife. The author, April Cassidy, is a blogger at The Peaceful Wife Blog and Peaceful Single Girl. Early in her marriage...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
I was lying in bed with the flu. You know those times when you’re overcome with pain and discomfort and you’re just not sure you can soldier on? This was one of those moments for me. I was that sick. In the middle of my flu fog, I suddenly heard a little...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
My friend, Alice, had been either sick, or caring for sick children, throughout the entire Christmas season. So by December 23rd, she still hadn’t wrapped any gifts. Though she still felt miserable, Alice wanted her little girls to have at least one whole day of...