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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]