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Last week, we made a quick trip to Kansas City for a medical appointment with a specialist who is based there. We’ve been making this annual trip for years now, and we ALWAYS make the […]

Welcome back to another roundup of Things We’re Loving, where the products are things we’re really using and no one paid us to write about them. This feature is all about moms telling moms what […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 A few months ago, I realized the first minute of the day felt consistently scary. Mornings were nothing like the peaceful, idyllic images you see […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 I’m about to tell you something I’ve never told anyone, and it’s going to sound crazy. It’s weird and 100 percent true. Brace yourself because […]

Welcome to sunny July in Northwest Arkansas, mamas! We’ve rounded up some of the best family-friendly events just for you. Click on the name of any of these events for more information. Botanical Garden of […]

Book title: “The Night We Met,” by Abby Jiminez Author: Abby Jiminez Genre: Women’s Fiction / Romantic Comedy What it’s about (without spoilers): From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Say You’ll Remember Me comes a beautiful, compelling novel […]

Every time my mom makes her famous “apple dip,” we all keep coming back to it, again and again. Everyone knows caramel and apples are good together, but adding the cream cheese and crushed Heath […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 Here’s a transcript of a conversation I had last week with the software robot, Alexa, who lives in our kitchen. Me (eating breakfast and looking […]