Mark Thackeray

Mark Thackeray

Expectations (from Norway!)

First, some exciting news: We added to our family! Instead of 5 girls in the house (wife + 4 daughters) we now have 6 🙂 Emma, our 17 year-old foreign exchange student from Norway, recently arrived a few weeks ago…

True Value

A father said to his daughter, “You have graduated with honors, here is a car I bought many years ago. It is pretty old now. But before I give it to you, take it to the used car lot downtown…

The Cost of Waiting

Last year, I decided to finally build a treehouse with the girls. With the shutdown caused by the pandemic, I figured it was “the perfect time.” This would give my kids something to do while they were isolated.  It turned…

Rerouting

A few weeks ago, while driving to pick up some materials for a brick oven I’m building out back (so awesome – I’ll share some photos once it’s all ready to rock), I took a wrong turn. I had been…