by Shannon Popkin | Jan 22, 2011 | Faith, Kids' Perspective
Cole told me that his new friend from third grade was ‘cathletic’. I said, “Oh. Can you remind me what ‘cathletic’ means?” He said, “You know, they do that thing where they draw a cross on themselves.” Ahhhh. Yes,...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 13, 2011 | Christian Growth, Funny, Kids' Perspective
When I was a second grade teacher, I found out I was expecting my first baby just before school started. My principal, not wanting to needlessly alarm parents over the way this would affect my classroom, asked me not to say anything to the children. As the school year...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 17, 2010 | Kids' Perspective
It was Christmas Eve, and eight-year-old Cole was down in Papaw’s office with my adult cousins, Mara and Nicole. They were using Papaw’s computer to look at a website which tracks Santa on his sleigh. The site predicted the approximate time that...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 29, 2010 | Church, Kids' Perspective, Salvation
Yesterday, Mrs. Gavette (Cade’s Sunday School teacher) told me that Cade had announced, “I have something important to tell the class.” She said Cade’s announcement had been a great addition to the lesson, and pointed to a little figure on the...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 20, 2010 | Kids' Perspective, Marriage
This was posted over a year ago. It makes me sad to think that the title is no longer true… Cade still wants to marry me. He’s five now. If anyone objects, he starts crying, so I just say, “We’ll talk about it when you’re old...