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The Rockwood Files: Pandemic padding gets uncomfortable

02/26/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnists and mama of 3 Something uncomfortable happened after Christmas. It has taken me several weeks to admit it because I already know how it’ll make me sound – shallow, silly, […]

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The Rockwood Files: 6 sweet favorites for Valentine’s Day

02/12/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The sky is blue, the snow has melted, and the Covid home tests are once again negative. Hallelujah! My family and I have thankfully recovered from […]

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The Rockwood Files: Stuck in the Covid cave

02/05/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Part of me felt like a failure. For nearly two years straight, I tried to make sure it didn’t get us. And then it got us. […]

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The Rockwood Files: 7 rules for parenting teens

01/22/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Since our oldest son turned 20 last month, I’ve technically completed what’s often called the terrible teens for at least one of our three kids. For […]

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The Rockwood Files: The room that opened its eyes

01/15/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s good news here at home. Those two gaping holes in the side of our house have been plugged with new living room windows, just in […]

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The Rockwood Files: The backup system for my brain

01/08/2022 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Do you remember the Where’s Waldo books popular in the late 80s? I had one when I was 14 and found it fun but maddening at […]

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Pregnancy Hacks: Advice for how to make eating and sleeping feel ‘normal’

12/29/2021 nwamamas

By April Wallace So much changes after you see that little plus sign on a pregnancy test, and it goes far beyond all the doctor’s visits, the rearrangement of your home and life. For about […]

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His first solo birthday

12/22/2021 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I woke up this morning, I had one thought circling in my head: “My kid is 20. He’s 20! I am the mother of a […]

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The Rockwood Files: I need an elf please

12/18/2021 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Santa, Don’t take this the wrong way. You know I love you. But what I need right now is not new things. It’s help. And […]

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The Rockwood Files: Christmas List Inflation

12/04/2021 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Christmas used to be simpler. I’m not talking about way back when people roasted chestnuts and used flip phones. I’m talking about eight or so years […]

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