by Shannon Popkin | Aug 25, 2014 | Change, Kids' Perspective, Parenting, seasons, Serving
Something’s changing.I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I know change is happening. Mostly, because I remember how it used to be.I remember lazy summer days, when all my sleepyheaded children stumbled, one by one, into the kitchen at about 8 a.m. for a...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 30, 2014 | Change
Sorry to be such a stranger lately. I’ve been spending all my free time trying to figure out my new laptop.Isn’t a new computer supposed make life easier? Mine certainly didn’t.The first few days I began using it, I couldn’t find anything....
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 13, 2013 | Change, Communication, Faith, Food, Teens
Dear Seventeen-Year-Old Me,Let’s talk about boys. It’s going to be rough for a while. You’re going to crave the attention of boys, but mostly because you want to know that you’re OK. You want to know that you’re pretty enough, smart enough, and fun enough… And...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 4, 2013 | Change, Father, Kids' Perspective, Media, Parenting, Sin
Some years ago I bought a bunch of perennial flower bulbs, planted them, and waited to see what would happen. I had no idea what colors might pop out of those clenched green fists, and I could hardly keep myself from prying the blooms open! I would study them every...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 4, 2013 | Change, Kids' Perspective, School, seasons
So it’s the last week of school. The last week! You’d think our house would be buzzing with cheerful enthusiasm and playful banter.But, no. We are dragging ourselves to the finish line. While I did wake-ups this morning, one of the kids whined,...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 10, 2013 | Analogy, Change, Housekeeping, Parenting
I love the story my friend Lora recently posted on facebook. She said that it was past her seven-year-old’s bedtime, but rather than drifting off to sleep, she heard him up, throwing an absolute fit.When she ran in to find the cause for his hysterics, she...