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Boxes and ribbons and wrapping, oh my!

12/22/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My 76-year-old mother has a thing for boxes and has for many years. In her mind, throwing away or recycling a sturdy box of any decent […]

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The Rockwood Files: Slowing down the holiday hustle

12/12/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’ve been writing a newspaper column for more than two decades now – since before I met my husband. It’s a little like having a public […]

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The Rockwood Files: An ode to old dogs

12/05/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last week I saw something that made me laugh but also gripped my heart in the same moment. Our little beagle mix, Charlie, was walking up […]

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The Rockwood Files: I over-parented my robot vacuum

11/28/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 About two years ago, I bought a robotic vacuum cleaner. Like millions of other people, I fell in love with the idea of pushing a button […]

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The Rockwood Files: When things get hairy at home

11/21/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I don’t know about your house, but the standard for personal appearance has taken a sharp nosedive at the Rockwood house. All this time at home […]

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The Rockwood Files: Ready, set, shop

11/14/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There has been so much waiting this year. Waiting during the initial coronavirus shutdowns. Waiting for toilet paper to be restocked. Waiting out the spring and […]

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The Rockwood Files: Waiting for the comeback

11/07/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Years ago, I read an article about the factors that play into a person’s happiness level, and one of them surprised me. It said that rooting […]

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The Rockwood Files: Halloween candy math

10/24/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In the early 1700s, author Jonathan Swift wrote about how quickly falsehoods can fly and that “truth comes limping after it.” Over the centuries, those words […]

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The Rockwood Files: The test I flunked

10/17/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Up until this week, I had never flunked a test. I was one of those kids in high school who poured herself into preparation because I […]

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The Rockwood Files: Click marks the spots

10/10/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My kids think it’s amazing that I was an ancient 18 years old the first time I got a computer and learned to use it. For […]

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