by Shannon Popkin | Feb 10, 2014 | Exceptional Mom, Serving
Angela’s kids love to serve others. It’s obvious by the way their eyes dance when they serve you the treat they just baked, or by the way they smile when they ask if you need help clearing the table.When Angela was asked to share how she’s encouraged...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 5, 2014 | Food, Grandparents, Serving
Every Monday, while I give piano lessons, my kids go to my parents’ house. And every Monday, when they arrive, there are freshly baked chocolate chip cookies waiting for them on Mom’s stove. All three of my kids have said that just knowing those cookies will be...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 22, 2013 | Serving
When Cade was about eighteen months, he went through this phase where he would bring little cups of water to everyone. He would pull his stool over to the bathroom sink, get one of the little Dixie cups I had stacked on the counter, and fill it up to bring to...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 14, 2013 | Serving
The day I posted my first ‘tiny paragraph’, I wanted to throw up. I walked around the house, wringing my hands, muttering, “Why am I doing this? I’m not a writer. What was I thinking? Every single person I know is going open their inbox, read...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 28, 2013 | Serving
That must be just how her mom does it, I mused, watching the cute little blonde girl in the aisle of the grocery store. She had a sweet sternness to her tiny frame, as she directed her curly haired, brown skinned brother. “I see that you know those people, but...
by Shannon Popkin | May 17, 2013 | Church, Food, Hospitality, Humility, Parenting, Serving
My friend recently told me about being part of the meals ministry at church.She would be tying polka dot ribbons around her tidy tinfoil packages of steaming hot, delicious food, and tucking her added gift of little kitchen towels strategically into the basket to keep...