by Shannon Popkin | Aug 21, 2014 | God, Hardship, Parenting, Sports
On my son’s first night of football practice, his new coach started out with a short parent and player meeting to lay ground rules and set expectations.Twenty seconds in, the coach pointed at one of the players, leaned over and looked into his face, and said,...
by Shannon Popkin | May 27, 2014 | Sports
I love taking pictures. Especially of outdoor sports (but only when my kids are somewhere on the playing field).After I click, click, click the game away, I love the fun of popping my memory card into the computer to see what I captured. Will any of the pictures be in...
by Shannon Popkin | May 2, 2014 | Hardship, Kids' Perspective, Parenting, Sports
I love……to see my kids red-faced, sweaty, and smiling, rather than pale and grumpy…it when they are fixated on the goalie box, rather than the box that the couch faces…to see them fighting together with a team rather than fighting each other...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 14, 2012 | Sports
If you know me well, you’re wondering why I’m doing a post that is in any remote way related to football. Just to clarify, I’m the football fan, who, at last week’s HS game said to the guy next to me, “Now, what do you mean by the chain...