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By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and Northwest Arkansas mama of 3 I made you something. It took years, and I almost gave up. But I finally finished, wrapped it in a yellow cover, and put […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 What would you do if you had “stupid money”? That’s one of the questions I asked my three best friends from high school during our recent […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Greetings from America’s Southern freezer. This is the first time I’ve written a column wearing gloves that cover everything but my fingertips, which must keep typing […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 If you opened my text messaging app and scrolled through it, there’s one question you’d see repeated over and over again, year after year, between me […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 A few years ago, I did some freelance projects for an online agency that assigned writers to do work for business clients. Most of it was […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few weeks ago, I misplaced my wireless earbuds. I was so frustrated because I really try to keep track of them. They were expensive little […]

Hi mamas! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas yesterday. This poem, ‘Twas the Day After Christmas, is featured in the book, “Reporting Live from the Laundry Pile: The Rockwood Files Collection,” which you can find […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 ‘Twas the day before Christmas when I got a splinter in my eye that nearly ruined everything. I was 7 years old and all set to […]