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?...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 18, 2015 | Anxiety
Our attic is above the garage. To get there, you have to go up through an opening in the garage ceiling. To get there, you use a ladder, then climb onto the refrigerator (which we have strategically placed under the opening), then climb in. It’s kind of a...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Marcie… was in her early thirties when she visited a singles small group from church. It wasn’t a great fit for her, since the group members were all at least a decade older than her. All except one, that is. Brian. He was visiting that night, too....
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized, Women
I read a blog post last week titled, “If I Had a Dollar (Why I Am a Feminist)”. It has 373 comments so far. 372 of the comments are about how powerful and touching it was. Mine was the other one. Not that I think it wasn’t powerful or touching;...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 21, 2015 | Christian Growth, Faith, Father, Hardship, Humility
We don’t have a snow-blower. My husband says, “Why would we have a snow-blower, when we have three healthy kids who need to learn to work?” So while other kids are inside sipping hot chocolate to get out of the cold, my husband is sending our kids...