By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One of my dad’s favorite television shows was Sanford & Son, which aired through most of the 1970s. I was a little kid then, but what […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 As a new parent, everyone braces you for how challenging the newborn phase will be. They make jokes about sleeping while you can because once the […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few weeks ago, we had this short but wonderful pocket of time right before our oldest son’s college graduation. For four days, we had all […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The children are afraid. Terrified, in fact. But you’d never know it by looking at them because they’re too scared to move a muscle, especially the […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A year ago, a tornado hop-scotched through our town. It was past midnight, and I was watching a movie at home with our teenagers. When our […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I used to be a fidgeter. I’d tap on things and bounce my leg so fast that Tom would sometimes reach over and put his hand […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have a long relationship with waiting rooms. I’ve attended medical appointments for three kids, two dogs, one cat, and one husband. For nearly a […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A windsock shaped like a hot air balloon with a spiral tail is suspended above our backyard deck. When the wind blows, the balloon spins, and […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In 1995, I got my first job after college from a “help wanted” ad posted in a newspaper’s classified ads. (Remember those?) The headline on the […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Have you ever gotten good at the wrong thing? I think it might have happened to me. Yesterday, I read this article about the myth of […]
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