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The Rockwood Files: What I’ve learned in waiting rooms

05/17/2025 nwamamas

  By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have a long relationship with waiting rooms. I’ve attended medical appointments for three kids, two dogs, one cat, and one husband. For nearly a […]

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How to stop an anxiety spiral

05/10/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A windsock shaped like a hot air balloon with a spiral tail is suspended above our backyard deck. When the wind blows, the balloon spins, and […]

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Checking in with the Covid Class of 2020

05/03/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In 1995, I got my first job after college from a “help wanted” ad posted in a newspaper’s classified ads. (Remember those?) The headline on the […]

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Let’s admit it: Multitasking is a myth

04/26/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Have you ever gotten good at the wrong thing? I think it might have happened to me. Yesterday, I read this article about the myth of […]

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The Rockwood Files: Microwave obituary

04/12/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The Rockwood family microwave, affectionately called “Mike,” died suddenly in the home on August 6, 2015 while attempting to reheat day-old pizza. It was 10 years […]

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The Rockwood Files: Let them sing

04/05/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Let me set the scene. We were at a restaurant with the whole family, including my mom, all three of our college kids, plus two roommates […]

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The Rockwood Files: Tom Cruise made me do it

03/29/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’ve learned a lesson this week, and here it is: Sometimes, it’s okay to lower your standards. For the 26 years we’ve been married, I’ve told […]

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The Rockwood Files: The numbers are adding up

03/22/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My husband and I were born five years and two days apart in March. Since it’s birthday season again, here are 52 things I’ve noticed about […]

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The Rockwood Files: Mother of lefties

03/15/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When our three college kids are home for a visit and we go out to eat, we follow a protocol. We usually ask for a big […]

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The Rockwood Files: Car twins

03/08/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are more than 283 million cars in use in the United States. Inside that gigantic number are more than 60 car makers and 1,200 different […]

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