Articles by Gwen

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My boys, ages 7 and 4, came to the top of the stairs last night around 8 p.m. and called down to say they had an […]

VERSUS If two of the top-selling refrigerators had a fight, which one would win a spot in your kitchen? That’s the question we posed during our last trip to Metro Builders Supply (located on Highway […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One of the reasons so many New Year’s resolutions fail has a lot to do with the word itself. Trust me, we writer-types know how much […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 With less than 30 days before the year ends, I took a look back at the 11 months we’ve left behind and rounded up a few […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I remember being a kid and wondering why my mother was never as giddy about the approach of Christmas as my brother and I were. During […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Now that Thanksgiving is over, most people are buzzing around in a mad, wintry dash toward Christmas. But I can’t get too wrapped up in all […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In the whole wide world, there are only two types of people – people who like to dance and people who would rather have their eyebrows […]

Friday Willa Lyon’s story began with just another run-of-the-mill ear infection. Her daughter Brittany, 15-months-old at the time, was home on a Friday with a sitter while she was at the hospital, working as a […]