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The Rockwood Files: Apology to my mother
Dear Mom, This letter is about 29 years overdue, but it took me this long to realize I needed to write it. It turns out you were right all along. It really is hard to […]
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The Rockwood Files: Be someone’s Mister Rogers
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In more than 20 years of writing this column, I’ve never recommended a movie. Trained movie critics do it better than I ever could. Plus, people […]
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The Rockwood Files: A Tale of Two Trips
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 “It was the loudest of times, it was a stretch of silence. It was the age of babies, it was the epoch of earbuds.” This tale […]
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The Rockwood Files: Digital tattoo
My friend Shannon and I recently went shopping for swimsuits at a clearance sale. Swimsuit shopping is a team sport in which you need a partner willing to grab a different size for you when […]
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The Rockwood Files: Knit 1, Purl 2
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This will sound weird, but lately I find myself fantasizing about learning to knit. Even though I’m not a “crafty” person, I can’t get this image […]
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The Rockwood Files: Shiplap fantasies
Tom and I have a problem. Summer television is mostly reruns so lately we’ve been binge-watching episodes of Fixer Upper, Property Brothers and Love It or List It on HGTV. We love these shows, but […]
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The Rockwood Files: Knit 1, Purl 2
This will sound weird, but lately I find myself fantasizing about learning to knit. Even though I’m not a “crafty” person, I can’t get this image out of my head – me sitting serenely on […]
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Cutting the cord on C-section guilt
By April Wallace Just over one year ago, I was getting ready for the birth of my baby boy, Henry. Around that time, a girlfriend asked me if I had a mantra to use during […]
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The Rockwood Files: The Great Indoors
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 American culture likes people who are “outdoorsy.” Society sees it as a healthy, wholesome way to live. Outdoorsy people are generally considered to be adventurous, energetic, […]
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The Rockwood Files: Things turn up
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In our laundry room, we have a small bin for “lost socks.” The irony here is that the socks in the bin aren’t lost at all. […]