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...
by Shannon Popkin | May 3, 2012 | Kids' Perspective, Mistakes, Parenting, Published
Check out my first post on Beyond Bath Time, a blog that supports motherhood as a sacred role. This blog is a follow up to Erin Davis’ new book with the same title, just released in April.I haven’t met Erin in person, but I feel like I have! She was kind...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 27, 2012 | Goals, Hardship, Mistakes
It’s ‘Yellow Ball Monday’ and Miriam Walsh has the ball:It was a ski-lover’s dream. Snow laden hill. Tiny puffs of snow falling from a January sky. Athletes gliding down the hill. Hot cocoa sippers watching from the nearby lodge.Enter the Walsh...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 18, 2012 | Communication, Compassion, Mistakes, Parenting, Sin, Speaking, Wisdom
When I was in high school, I loved piano. My choir director asked me to accompany the choir on a a couple of our songs. I said sure, I’d be happy to, though I had never accompanied before.I practiced the songs, which were easy enough, at home, but I guess I...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 15, 2012 | Fear, Friendship, Mistakes, Parenting
Lindsay remembers the day in first grade that she couldn’t play with Abby at recess. She wanted to, but I had told her she couldn’t. I said that Abby wasn’t a good influence, and Lindsay needed to have more than just one friend. “So...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 3, 2012 | Anger, Christian Growth, Mistakes, Sin
“What?!?”I slammed on the breaks and pulled into someone’s driveway so I could turn back toward our house.With ever increasing decimal and agitation, I yelled, “How could you have forgotten your shin guards? I reminded you five times!! Do you...