Mark’s Remarks

You tend to do a lot of reflecting as you approach milestones. My age group is moving toward retirement, grandparenthood, and various stages of life that we are a bit…

Writing this column for so long has taught me a few lessons. I shouldn’t  write about my personal appearance unless I’m poking fun at myself. I should probably refrain from…

While our oldest daughter was in the hospital recently for routine observation and tests, we traded off spending the night there.   It isn’t new to us. Our daughter is…

In retirement, I’m hoping I can see many more movies than I’m able to right now. I also want to be able to be one of those movie reviewers who…

I recently had a student look me in the eye and say “I have a problem. I have a B-.” I looked back at this student and said “Is that…

When I was very little, someone bought a rocking horse for me. It was too big for my bedroom, so my mom set it up in the little laundry room…

he conceited thing I have to tell you is that the older I get, the more I am constantly reminded of how right I am about people.   I’ve now…

There are times in your life when you are grateful for things that are dependable.   I was thinking about this the other day when I opened the knife drawer…

Dreams are something that have always been interesting to me. Sometimes I have dreams that stick with me for some time. One of those such dreams happened the other night.…

It’s funny to look back on past columns. When I started writing this, I had a preschooler and two boys in elementary school. I wrote about little league and picking…

Have you noticed these days that there is an increasing number of people who think the rules don’t apply to them? Because I am trying very hard to show grace…