KellyAMarks

Groucho Marx said, “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.“ It’s not the normal way we think of belonging, but the...

We see the slogans a lot: “I can’t adult anymore;” “Wanting to grow up is the dumbest thing I’ve ever done.” I’ve been guilty of saying...

We humans have a lot of things backwards. One of them is that we think we'll be happy once we are successful, but Harvard-educated author...

This morning I dragged myself to yoga. It was cold outside, and I was comfy drinking my coffee even as I sat at my desk and tried not to...

I remember when I was young and as a group of kids we would stand in a little cluster with each of us holding both of our fists out. Then...

I don’t remember if it was for summer vacation or for the Christmas holidays, but I was the lucky elementary school kid who got to take...

One-thousand-three-hundred-forty-two days is roughly 3 years, eight months, and one day, and that’s how long our streak had been going....

I remember the Sunday School of my youth and Bible stories told with the use of a flannel gram. The teacher had paper images, much like...

I guess I’m a nerd in a way, especially when it comes to voting. The day I turned 18, I went to the public library and registered to...

We all have a lot on our plates these days. We are exhausted and burnt out. More often than not this leads us to say, “I can’t do one...

It’s been a good week so far, and it’s only Wednesday. The criteria that we use to judge good week versus bad week varies widely. On...

I used to always tell Paul that the NEXT time I get married it will be in a church. He was not amused once he realized the implication....

I’ve always heard that good things come to those who wait, but I never thought I’d have to wait for 3 decades. Back in the early 90s,...

Paul and I are two sides of the same coin in a lot of ways. He will go to the doctor for a hangnail, and I won’t go to the doctor until...

Isn’t it funny the things you remember about people? When I was five years old, my parents won a trip to Disney World. I’m not sure what...

The leaves are beginning to change, and the mornings are much cooler so this week I went into the dark reaches of the attic and pulled...

A Methodist church service includes something each Sunday that people in the congregation either love or hate: passing the peace. This is...

If you ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I’ll say a secret agent. I’ve always wanted to be that or part of the FBI. It’s one of...

Last Wednesday, Paul and I headed to the airport to catch a flight for Albany, NY. The first thing we did when we boarded and settled...

Movies always seem to make archaeology look glamorous. I imagine the explorer wearing a pith helmet and cargo shorts with an olive green...