Year: 2013

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Finding the right gift for your parents’ 50th wedding anniversary is tricky. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event so you want to give a once-in-a-lifetime gift to commemorate […]

It’s Great to Skate The ‘It’s Great to Skate’ clinic welcomes potential skaters to a few hours of fun entertaining and learning, for FREE. The clinic will allow young and old to get out and […]

Did you hear about the time Gwen’s brother filled a water gun with pre-gelled Jell-o juice? No? Well, there was a white, long-haired cat involved. You can bet it didn’t end well. Yes, we played […]

Dear Tom, Even though it happened a long way from here, I can’t get the Sandy Hook shooting out of my head. I have two kids in elementary school and I’m feeling very nervous when […]

It’s another round of HEADLINES! Parent style. This particular  Mamas on Magic 107.9 segment focuses on a headline about a 5-year-old child and her bubble gun. We’d love to know how you think the school […]

Sometimes we mamas worry about the wrong things. We worry about crazy accidents or abductions or natural disasters. But we forget that, statistically speaking, it’s the subtle, quiet things that threaten us most — like […]

Yes, we’re serious. A teenager gave her parents milkshakes that had a little somethin’ extra in them: sleeping pills. We talked about this crazy story plus a few others that have made headlines in recent […]

By Andi Douglas, nwaMotherlode.com beauty editor Dry skin is a nuisance for anyone, especially in the winter when we cover ourselves in scratchy, wool outerwear and then come inside to the welcome, but, very dry […]