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The Rockwood Files: What’s your thing?

05/14/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 About six years ago, a weird, wonderful thing happened. I taught our kids how to use the washer and dryer, so they’d know how to start […]

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The Rockwood Files: Let’s make it Mother’s Season

05/07/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My poor mother. Those are the three words that come to mind when I look back on my childhood. It’s not that I was a hell-raiser. […]

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The Rockwood Files: Shower Power

04/23/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Here’s the answer to almost any problem you’re having today. It’s only three words long and makes you smell good: Take a shower. Too simplistic, you […]

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The Rockwood Files: Quotes to keep with you

04/16/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I watch for great quotes the way kids hunt Easter eggs, eagerly peering around every corner in case a good one is nestled nearby. It’s one […]

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The Rockwood Files: Weekends and holidays

04/09/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For those of us who have kids or pets – or God help us – both, there is one thing we know for sure. Illnesses, accidents […]

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The Rockwood Files: Help! My kid is a senior!

04/02/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For the second time in our lives, Tom and I have a high school senior in the house. The first time it happened was two years […]

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The Rockwood Files: The 49th

03/26/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last week I did something that took no effort at all. I turned 49. As special occasions go, you can’t beat a birthday. No one expects […]

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The Rockwood Files: Check the cord box

03/19/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last weekend, a friend needed to borrow a piece of equipment, and I knew exactly where it was. I retrieved it from the closet but then […]

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The Rockwood Files: J is for Joy

03/12/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I love it when something old becomes new again. And lucky for me and my fellow letter lovers, word games are not only new again, they’re […]

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The Rockwood Files: Road robots

03/05/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you watched the Super Bowl a few weeks ago, you may have noticed that most of the car commercials were for a specific type of […]

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