by Shannon Popkin | Dec 18, 2016 | Holidays
I was shopping at Target, when a dad entered the store with his two kids, pushing a big red cart. The kids, who were very enthusiastic shoppers, darted over near me to look at some of the displays with bright-eyed expressions. You could tell that this dad had done a...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 10, 2016 | Control Girl
I was a new wife. He was my new husband. And I returned his Christmas gift. It was a jewelry box–one of those big wooden ones–and he spent a fortune on it. But he encouraged me to take it back if I didn’t really like it. I thought I was being...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 17, 2014 | Differences
As I strolled through the room of tables, which were all decorated and ready for our ladies’ Christmas event that evening, I heard someone say, “It’s not a competition.”Of course we were all aware that no one was scoring or ranking the tables,...