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The Rockwood Files: Hair chair therapy

10/01/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 You know how people say you shouldn’t make big decisions after highly emotional events? Because you might not be thinking clearly? Or it might be a […]

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The Rockwood Files: All-weather friends

09/24/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When Tom and I were newly married more than 20 years ago, we became friends with a couple named Jim and Barbara. They were older than […]

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The Rockwood Files: Food — a love affair

09/17/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Food. I love it. I hate it. I hate how much I love it. Now that I’m staring middle-age square in the eye, food feels so […]

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The Rockwood Files: Procrastinator, heal thyself

09/10/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Like most writers, I have a dance partner whose name is Procrastination. I hate his guts. What a slacker. And yet we keep on dancing. We […]

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The Rockwood Files: Ready, set, go

09/03/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I was a kid, one of my favorite summer outings was to a swim park called Willow Springs. It was a man-made lake full of […]

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The Rockwood Files: Flirting at the gas station

08/27/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I got hit on at the gas station last week. But it didn’t boost my middle-aged, mother-of-three ego because this particular pass didn’t come from a […]

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The Rockwood Files: Letter to my iPhone

08/20/2022 nwamamas

Dear smartphone, You gave me a real scare yesterday. When I took you into the Apple repair shop, I figured some teenage tech wizard would wave a wand and fix the weird glitch you’ve had […]

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The Rockwood Files: To all the teachers I’ve loved before

08/06/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 With less than two weeks to go before school starts again, kids have never been more interested in teachers than they are right now. They’re practically […]

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The Rockwood Files: Ice, Ice, Baby

07/30/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Jack, You picked a good time to do a study abroad trip to Iceland. It’s so weird to know that one of my kids is […]

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The Rockwood Files: Quiet is not weird

07/23/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Despite what you might have heard, “quiet” is not weird. It’s not abnormal. It’s not suspicious. It’s not a threat. It is a personality trait common […]

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