by Shannon Popkin | Aug 17, 2013 | Hospitality, Housekeeping, Marriage, Mistakes, Submission
Five or six years ago, I began complaining about our kitchen to my husband. I said that it was too small. You could only fit a tiny round table in the eating area, and there wasn’t nearly enough room if we wanted to have a big group of people over for dinner. Plus,...
by Shannon Popkin | May 30, 2013 | Housekeeping, Marriage, Mistakes, Roles
It happened about seven years ago, and it’s never happened since: I picked up the hedge trimmer.I had been pestering Ken to trim the bushes before our guests were to arrive the next day, but ‘bushes’ weren’t at the top of his list. So I...
by Shannon Popkin | May 8, 2013 | Anxiety, Decor, Family, God, Growth, Heidi, Housekeeping, Prayer
By: Heidi Vriesman The first time I walked into our current house, I almost cried. It wasn’t the house I was dreaming of at all. It had flowered wallpaper boarders and ugly countertops. The bedroom that would work best for the boys had had pink carpet and flowers on...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 10, 2013 | Analogy, Change, Housekeeping, Parenting
I love the story my friend Lora recently posted on facebook. She said that it was past her seven-year-old’s bedtime, but rather than drifting off to sleep, she heard him up, throwing an absolute fit.When she ran in to find the cause for his hysterics, she...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 8, 2013 | Family, Fashion, Housekeeping, Kids' Perspective, Mistakes, Parenting
When I put Cade’s jeans into the washer, I noticed something. There was a unique c-shaped hole in the knee. It caught my eye because it was the same c-shaped hole that I had noticed yesterday.Could I have just washed these jeans yesterday? I called him in, to...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 3, 2012 | Heidi, Housekeeping
by: Heidi Vriesman “I’m hungry!” whines my four-year-old.“Can I have oatmeal?” My eight-year-old gets out her bowl.“I have oatmeal too!” My precocious two-year-old starts making a mess in the cupboards by my legs. “Can I watch another show? Please, please!” My...