KellyAMarks

The phone rang last night close to midnight. Paul had just landed in San Francisco. He wanted to make sure I wasn’t worried and that I...

My grandmother, my mom’s mom, was the best. It’s probably where my mom gets it. Fun. Always ready to go somewhere or do something or see...

Do you know that awkward feeling when you’re enjoying a meal with someone you like, but you’re not super close with, and suddenly they’re...

On January 7, Paul and I moved Madi back to UNC for spring semester. She was so excited and ready to be there. She could barely stand it....

Many years ago, I was watching an episode of Snapped, a TV show about wives who just snapped one day and killed their spouse. In this...

Happy Valentines! I’ve said it before, but how can you not love a holiday that is about love? Paul and I do not celebrate Valentines...

I grew up in the middle of nowhere on the outskirts of Winston-Salem. My folks owned 8 acres at the end of a very long, dirt road. When I...

When Madi was an infant, she was a good sleeper. Paul and I worked until 9:30 in the evening, so we put her to bed at midnight, and she...

Madi must have been in kindergarten when she got off the bus one day in tears because some little boy had called her an idiot. I was...

Have you noticed how cyclical a lot of things are? At our SAT school, the type of student, among other things, tends to come in waves....

Every morning it’s the same routine. I stumble downstairs, turn on the coffeemaker, unload the dishwasher before I wake up enough to...

Before I was even old enough to discover that boys existed, I was aware that the actor, Sam Elliott had a great voice, like a...

Why can’t broccoli taste like cake? Why can’t cups of coffee count towards our water intake? Why is it so hard to stay healthy or get...

I've always heard Paul say when talking about life, “You’ve got to stay in your own lane.“ It’s the same thing as the popular phrase “You...

Has anyone ever asked you: if you could live in any era other than now, when would you live? Would you pick a time when you could...

I'm sure you’ve heard of the longest running debate in history: should toilet paper be installed with the loose end over or under. I...

Has anyone ever given you advice in the heat of the moment that is so spot-on you want to punch him or her in the throat? It’s the last...

Ten… Nine… Eight… Seven… Have you ever seen When Harry Met Sally or the host of other movies that take place over the New Years holiday?...

Last Christmas, Madi gave me a blank notebook; she had artistically decorated the cover with the name of this blog. The inscription on...

I wasn’t going to post today. It was going to be my gift to you, but then something happened… December 23rd. The normal Christmas rush...