by Shannon Popkin | Apr 19, 2016 | Marriage
Originally posted on TrueWoman.com. My husband was nice enough to take our sixth grader shopping for running shoes recently. But the shoes they came home with were not shoes I would have bought. They looked great; they were bright and fun-looking. But they were also...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
A repost from 2012.I’d like to call for a huddle before we kick off the holiday season. Calling all the women in the family, please. Can we huddle up for a moment?Now, please don’t call me coach. I’m really not in a position to be coaching anyone on...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 17, 2014 | Mistakes
“We’re such hypocrites,” my son told my husband quietly. He said ‘we’, but he was really talking about me. Earlier that evening, when the kids were swimming in the pool, I walked into the laundry room and said, “Grrrrr!!!! There is...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 9, 2014 | Parenting
I know, I know. You’re tired of being the judge. The gavel is heavy. You wish you could fling it far, far away. But it’s kind of like Thor’s hammer. It just boomerangs back into your hand.There you are, in the middle of a peaceful moment, when...