Mark’s Remarks

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…

I have found that, as I get older, I have a constant struggle between my selfish need to be comfortable and concerned for only myself and the more level-headed idea…

I told you that 15 years ago, I wrote two consecutive columns about moving to a new house.  Now, we have moved to another home, and I have enough information…

I’ve often wondered how many prospective parents would benefit from looking into a crystal ball to see what parenting is like. Or what if we all took tests for a…

As we prepared for our recent move, it was interesting to see what we had kept around, and also interesting to realize what we no longer valued and decided to…