by Shannon Popkin | Sep 4, 2013 | Kids' Perspective
These little twinnies were our house guests this weekend. Aren’t they cute? While they were here, I pulled out my stash of baby books, and thoroughly enjoyed having chubby little hands clutch Pat the Bunny and Mr. Brown Can Moo as I read. It just took me...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 27, 2013 | Communication, Parenting, Teens
Recently, I was talking to one of my teens about an upcoming choice. I was laying out the consequences and helping her consider the cost of not doing what she should do.But she cut me off, and said, “Mom, STOP. You’re guilting me for something that...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 20, 2013 | Church
A letter to my friend who is a young mom, and maybe to you:Dear Friend,I love the way your care for your young family. You have a flair and passion for meeting the needs of your little ones, and it’s obvious to me that they’d rather be on your lap than...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 17, 2013 | Hospitality, Marriage, Mistakes, Submission
Five or six years ago, I began complaining about our kitchen to my husband. I said that it was too small. You could only fit a tiny round table in the eating area, and there wasn’t nearly enough room if we wanted to have a big group of people over for dinner. Plus,...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 9, 2013 | Beauty, Beliefs, Communication, Mistakes, Sin
Last week, we hosted a Mother/Daughter BEADazzle party. Lindsay and I had learned (from another mom and her daughters) how to take various colors of clay and swirl them together to create beads. We thought it would be fun to share our new craft with other moms and...