by Shannon Popkin | Sep 14, 2013 | Parenting
As I pulled up to the curb next to the soccer fields, I scanned the red shirted kids for my boy. Even when he’s a half mile away, I can pick him out of the crowd. But this time, I couldn’t find him. I recognized his team mates, running in tandem around the...
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 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 | Jul 23, 2013 | Parenting
A baby bottle, that is. When we dropped our baby girl off at the church nursery one Sunday morning, I realized that our diaper bag was missing its bottle. So I ran to a nearby store, and then hurried back to church. Apparently, Officer Friendly thought I was hurrying...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 19, 2013 | Faith, God, Humility, Mistakes, Parenting
In my hands, I hold the strings of the three kite-like kids whom God has blessed me with. I have a lot to juggle with three–wanting each one to soar high in the sky. It’s so fun to have the other people around me tilt their heads back and admire the...