Mark’s Remarks
June wedding | Mark’s Remarks
My grandparents were married 97 years ago on June 8, 1928. I was fortunate enough to be around them long enough to ask a million questions and sort of have…
Read MoreChoosing conversations | Mark’s Remarks
OK, so I told everybody I wouldn’t be writing any more columns about teaching, kids, parents and retirement. I’m a big talker. I also said in February that I’d lose…
Read MoreSummer reboot | Marks’s Remarks
Are any of you like me and often get in a mundane rut? When the days start to get a little longer and the weather reminds us that sunlight and…
Read MoreParties everywhere… but no food | Mark’s Remarks
his is the time of the year when there is so much going on, we almost feel like it’s a holiday season of sorts. Someone called the month of May…
Read MoreThe informality of our youth | Mark’s Remarks
I have often thought of the contrasts that present themselves when we look back at our early days on this earth; or for that matter, even before we got here.…
Read MoreSchool laziness | Mark’s Remarks
I just saw a Snow Angel Challenge video, which the kids call reels these days. It was a guy in swim trunks who had been challenged to dress that way,…
Read MoreToo much sittin’ around | Mark’s Remarks
I’m coming up on one year since I retired from a 34 -year teaching career, and it has flown by at warp speed. I didn’t think it would. I wasn’t…
Read MorePeacekeeping | Mark’s Remarks
It occurs to me quite often how many of us spend an enormous amount of time trying to be proactive with people. If you are a people pleaser like me…
Read MoreFavorite quotes of Lewis | Mark’s Remarks
We recently saw a performance of “The Screwtape Letters,” a story by C.S. Lewis which was made into a 90-minute play. It was extraordinary. I would recommend reading the book,…
Read MoreSittin’ in church | Mark’s Remarks
My brother and I have had issues with giggling for a long time. We have a mutual twisted sense of humor and if one of us goes off the rails…
Read MoreVictim mentality | Mark’s Remarks
eing the victim is a lot of fun sometimes. You often get a lot of attention, at least for a while, from people who rally around you, feel sorry for…
Read MoreYou know what happens when you assume | Mark’s Remarks
It’s funny how things occur to you when you are older, and you think “Wow. If I’d only known.” Am I right? How often did you assume something that you…
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