by Shannon Popkin | Aug 4, 2012 | Faith, Funny, Mistakes, Parenting
Thanks to Mom Colored Glasses for publishing this story:My husband, Ken, didn’t have a lot of experience with babies before our firstborn, Lindsay, arrived. During her first year, as she discovered and learned new things, he was learning right alongside her.When...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 23, 2012 | Marriage, Parenting, Roles
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.) This morning, he crawled into bed beside where I was propped up with pillows, doing email. He said, “Whachawanna do...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 20, 2012 | Discipline, Parenting, Sin
Recently, my friend and I were talking about getting to the root (heart) issue, when we discipline our kids. I shared with her my 3 Questions (which I got from another friend!), which I have found to be helpful with my own kids. She asked me to write them down for...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 16, 2012 | Hardship, Marriage, Roles, Serving
I peeked around the corner into the living room, and shook my head in irritation.Just as I suspected, my husband was asleep in the chair.I turned back into the kitchen to finish making dinner. As I banged the pans around, the thoughts banging around in my mind went...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 12, 2012 | Christian Growth, Differences, Food, Kids' Perspective, Mistakes, Parenting, Sin
Here are the blueberries we picked yesterday. And this is only the half that my mom didn’t take home! Over 85 pounds in two hours–definitely a record for us!Our success was due, in part, to one particular picker. In years past, he filled his tummy more...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 9, 2012 | Anxiety, Parenting, Published
Read my article in the latest MOMSnext E-zine (produced by MOPS):The more roller coasters my 8-year-old rode during our day at an amusement park, the more he wanted to ride. (Just the opposite was true of me.) On our last ride of the day, he even offered to be the one...