by Shannon Popkin | Jun 13, 2014 | Parenting
She’s only moving out for the summer, but still.This weekend, we’ll drop our daughter off at a Christian camp, where she will work for the rest of the summer.Now, please don’t picture me kicking and screaming, as we pull into the camp. Having her...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 4, 2014 | Kids' Perspective
When Lindsay was about two, she said, “Mamaw, I want to see your sad face.”Mamaw (my mom) gave her a quick frown. But she said, “Nooo, Mamaw! I want to see your sad face, like when I have to go away.”So Mamaw gave her a deeply sorrowful look,...
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 | Mar 21, 2014 | Funny, Kids' Perspective
At parent teacher conferences, Cade’s teacher showed us a picture he had drawn:She told us that she had said, “Oh, Cade! You did such a nice job on this. I can see all of the colors of the sunset, here. And you’re waving, right?”But Cade said,...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 15, 2014 | Control Girl, Parenting
My friend, Missy, remembers the day that she and her brother were fighting over who was to sit in the front seat of the car. Their mom impatiently said, “Whoever is coming, get in!” So they both jumped in the front together. (This was back in the day of no seat-belt...