by Shannon Popkin | Mar 16, 2012 | Beauty, Funny, Media
I emailed my friend, Phrene, to see if she could take a couple of pictures of me after Bible study. I needed a shot of just me, and told her I could bring my camera; it would only take a few minutes. She emailed back and said sure, but she’d prefer to just use...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 13, 2012 | Beauty, Fear, Goals, Teens
Last night, at a coffee shop, five moms and their middle school daughters discussed the crazy lengths girls go to for beauty. It’s ludicrous, when you consider how few of us ever achieve (and much less maintain) today’s stick figure standards. (We’re...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 6, 2012 | Media, Roles, Teens
There’s this store in the mall that is so dark, I feel like I should really get a spelunking hat before I go in again. I have the hardest time reading the price tags. The regular prices are stamped in grayish ink, but when you get to the clearance section (which...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 9, 2012 | Differences, Marriage, Women
My friend recently went on a first date. She said the guy was nice, but the way he paid for her coffee was a little awkward. It didn’t bother her that he wanted to pay. That was nice. Maybe he was just a little too emphatic about it. “No, no! I...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 24, 2012 | Beliefs, Faith, Family, Goals, Parenting, Roles
I’m stooped over, washing green marker off the wall. I have a bucket of water at my side and the phone up to my ear. I’m discussing carpool arrangements, but I have to keep excusing myself so I can tell my kindergartner to stop tormenting the girls...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 23, 2011 | Leadership, Mistakes, Speaking, Wisdom, Women
This is the question I asked last time, and I loved all of the delightful responses. First, about non-sweaty work-out instructors: One woman said, “Seeing a skinny, toned person working out is believable because you DO get skinny and toned if you work out…” But...