by Shannon Popkin | Aug 30, 2016 | Control Girl, Parenting
I feel like I spent my kids’ whole childhoods getting them prepared for college. I was constantly saying things like, “In college, I won’t be there to remind you to do your homework…” and, “Your college roommate won’t like it when you borrow her clothes without...
by Shannon Popkin | May 23, 2016 | Control Girl, Marriage
I met Michelle on the Peaceful Wife blog, when she responded to a guest post I wrote called, “When ‘Submit’ Seems like a Dirty Word”. Michelle agreed to let me tell her story, here. May it encourage you deeply: Last December, after twelve years of marriage, Michelle’s...
by Shannon Popkin | May 7, 2016 | Parenting
A re-post from last year: My son, Cole, was mesmerized by fish as a child. So, to surprise him on his fifth birthday, I bought a one-gallon fish tank. A few hours before his party, I sent my husband to fetch a resident for the tank, and he came back with, “Goldfish.”...
by Shannon Popkin | May 4, 2016 | Parenting
Whatever becomes “normal” at home is what our kids will take with them into life. Is it normal to stomp off and slam doors? Is it normal to give the silence treatment? Is it normal to run greet whoever just got home? As moms, we play a vital role in laying...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 14, 2016 | Marriage, Submission
I’m guest blogging at “The Peaceful Wife Blog” today. Thanks to April for letting me contribute this post. 🙂 April’s first book, The Peaceful Wife, was published early this year by Kregel Publications (which is also my publisher!). God doesn’t...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 2, 2016 | Parenting, Uncategorized
By: Shannon Popkin, published on the True Woman blog: “Sit down so I can comb your hair.” “Don’t touch the pretties.” “Stay in your bed till Mommy comes to get you.” These are things I said repeatedly to my children when they...