by Shannon Popkin | May 6, 2015 | Mothering
My son, Cole, was mesmerized by fish as a child. So, as a surprise for his fifth birthday, I bought a one-gallon fish tank. A few hours before his party, I sent my husband to fetch a resident for the tank, and he came back with, “Goldfish.” That night, as Cole stared...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 28, 2011 | Family, Funny, Mothering, Published
Thanks to MOMSense, a former publication of MOPS for giving me the chance to tell this story—one of my first published articles— back in 2011. I have been known to do underwear checks at breakfast. I always thought that adding undies was a pretty standard part of...