by Shannon Popkin | May 25, 2012 | Parenting, Prayer, Problems
The kids had been complaining about bees in the basement. From their lego territory, they would call out, “Mom, there’s another bee flying around down here!”But I just never took the time to go down and check it out. I would say, “Ok…...
by Shannon Popkin | May 23, 2012 | Kids' Perspective, Serving, Teens
Lindsay told me that the saddest ending to a school year for her was first grade. Not because she was sad to leave that particular classroom. She was sad that there was no graduation! She had loved her kindergarten graduation so much, and was so disappointed to learn...
by Shannon Popkin | May 21, 2012 | Kids' Perspective, Rescue, Salvation, Sin
My eight-year-old said, “I remember before I was a Christian and I wasn’t wicked.”I had just been reading him Psalm 36’s description of the wicked. I said that all of us were wicked before God saved us. But my son disagreed. “I...
by Shannon Popkin | May 17, 2012 | Kids' Perspective
When we lived in Milwaukee, I absolutely adored my friends’ little girl, Allie. And she liked me, too, but she really liked Ken. She called him ‘Pen’ and she called me ‘Shan Pahkin’ and we had great times with her. She was cutest little...
by Shannon Popkin | May 13, 2012 | Holidays, Hospitality, Kids' Perspective, Women
Once when I was a new teacher, my mom gave me a perm. (It was stylish in those days to frizz your hair out like a big brillo pad.) When I went to school the next day, one of the other teachers said, “Oh, I love your perm! I wish I had enough money to get a...
by Shannon Popkin | May 7, 2012 | Goals, Kids' Perspective, Mistakes, Parenting, Teens
After you read this, go tell your child to do something that sounds absolutely ridiculous. Like, “Put a pair of socks on your ears.” Or, “Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ into the mailbox.” Or, “Go turn all of the door knobs in the...