Life With Ladybug
Life With Ladybug: Spell me h-a-p-p-y
By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mom OK, I know some moms see the big smiley face (or star) on their kids’ paper every week, but it’s been a long time coming for us. Ladybug just got […]
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Military Mama
Family togetherness, military style
By Jade Stone, NWA wife and mom As we approach yet another holiday season, I find myself preparing for the arrival of the orders for my husband’s second deployment with the National Guard. Jay is […]
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The Rockwood Files: How bad times make good times better
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I’m not writing for the newspaper (or driving carpool, or doing dishes, or staying way too busy to exercise even though I swear I’m going […]
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The Rockwood Files: Race to Leaf Mountain
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tomorrow a maroon pick-up towing a long, flat-bed trailer mounted by lawn mowers will pull into the cul-de-sac in front of our house. It will stay […]
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All Akimbo: Vaccinate? That is the question
By Kim Blakely, mama blogger With all the debate swirling around the H1N1 vaccine, I thought long and hard about getting Mojo vaccinated. I armed myself with all the information I could find about what […]
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The Rockwood Files: Laugh a little
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I once saw a TV interview with actor Will Smith (who starred in Men in Black, Independence Day, etc.), and he mentioned that he cuts his […]
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The Rockwood Files: Chocoholics Anonymous
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 “Hi. My name is Gwen Rockwood, and it’s been two hours and 43 minutes since the last time I stole a miniature Snickers bar from my […]
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All Akimbo: Have this wish I wish tonight
By Kim Blakely, mama blogger For so long, I searched every night sky for the first star. When I found it, I would say, “Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight …” and […]
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The Rockwood Files: Confessions of a fraidy-cat
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This time of year, some people actually like to be scared. They go to novelty shops and buy plastic tombstones, fake severed limbs, and cobwebs to […]
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All Akimbo: Sweet Days of our Lives
By Kim Blakely, blessed mama Today has been one of those days. Not one of those days, but one of those days I wouldn’t mind having over and over. I don’t have any more money […]