by Shannon Popkin | Mar 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
I heard about a little girl, who had a picture of her extended family pinned up in her room. Three of the people in the picture had died, and so she crossed them out with a thick black marker. But she hadn’t done it in a gloomy way; she said, “I am so...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 12, 2015 | Love, Parenting
Her new boss is pretty demanding. And he gives zero affirmation. Even on days she knocks it out of the park, he shows no appreciation. He just starts whining about the next thing he needs from her. She never imagined having a boss who is bald, who drools, and who...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 3, 2015 | Hardship, Uncategorized
When I was in kindergarten, my mom made pink frosted cupcakes, for me to bring to school on my birthday. I couldn’t wait to carry them in to my classroom. Those cupcakes would make me the immediate star of the day; everyone’s best friend. But when we got...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 26, 2015 | Faith, Uncategorized
I picked up my phone and looked at the picture in the text, first. It was my cousin’s piano, which she wanted to sell. Then I read her brief text. She said, “What do you think on the price? The pictures are attached.” I looked back at the piano,...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 23, 2015 | Anxiety, Uncategorized
My bedside manners aren’t very good. Especially when I’m the one in bed. Oh how I remember those nights, when out of a sound slumber, I would feel the hot breath on my cheek, then hear a little voice in the darkness say, “Mom… Mommy?...