by Shannon Popkin | Apr 11, 2014 | Funny
I had my kids posing for a picture downtown Chicago, when a kind stranger stopped and offered to let me get in the picture. As I handed him my iPhone, he said, “Oh… you’ll have to show me how.” So I quickly pointed out the ‘button’...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 21, 2014 | Funny, Kids' Perspective
At parent teacher conferences, Cade’s teacher showed us a picture he had drawn:She told us that she had said, “Oh, Cade! You did such a nice job on this. I can see all of the colors of the sunset, here. And you’re waving, right?”But Cade said,...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 29, 2014 | Funny, Leadership, Marriage, Roles
I noticed something about the couple sitting down the row from us in church last week. He kept whispering little things in her ear and she kept smiling. Their interaction was subtle, not distracting, but very sweet. Though she didn’t laugh out loud, it was clear that...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 2, 2013 | Funny
I can’t remember who told me this story, but it makes me laugh every time I think of it. (It was probably after I told about the craft my son brought home from church one day.)It had been a rough morning in Sunday School. The 2’s and 3’s class was a...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 26, 2013 | Funny, Humility, seasons, Teens
I have absolutely no idea how my high school friends and I figured it out. Maybe we were driving along one day and it randomly happened. Or maybe we were trying out an urban legend. Whether it was on purpose or not, somehow we discovered that we could make the garage...
by Shannon Popkin | May 13, 2013 | Funny, Parenting, Published
by: Shannon Popkin, published originally by MOMSense Magazine My little guy, Cade, is quite a talker. He loves to communicate and does so quite well. He talks to people constantly, whether we’re in the library, the grocery store, or at a drive-through...