by Shannon Popkin | May 7, 2014 | Marriage
My husband is incredibly tight. Tighter-than-my-high-school-jeans tight. (Not that I still have them. I’m not nearly as tight as he is.)One Saturday morning, he crawled into bed beside where I was propped up with pillows, checking email on my laptop. He said,...
by Shannon Popkin | May 2, 2014 | Hardship, Kids' Perspective, Parenting
I love……to see my kids red-faced, sweaty, and smiling, rather than pale and grumpy…it when they are fixated on the goalie box, rather than the box that the couch faces…to see them fighting together with a team rather than fighting each other...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 22, 2014 | Anger
Journal entry from 2005Oh, Lord, I am so full of sin and I’m so tired of it. I’ve lost my temper with all three kids already this morning, and It’s only 8:10 a.m.Cade pulled his diaper apart and wanted me to change him and he kept whining over and...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 18, 2014 | Faith, Holidays
When we moved, a few years ago, one of our kids was especially distraught. He said, “But I prayed that God would bring a friend to live on our street, and he did! So I think that means we’re supposed to stay on our street.”Basically, his theology...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Nicole tries to make her home a really fun place. She protects down time as a family, and guards her husband’s day off—when they can all be together. She also tries to plan a couple of little family vacations during the year, to a water park or the beach. With an age...