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The Rockwood Files: August came with baggage

08/30/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 August has baggage. And I’m not just talking about the oppressive heat and the swamp-level humidity. The month begins with the last dregs of summer and […]

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The Rockwood Files: The close call

08/23/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s an easy way to tell whether or not you have an unhealthy attachment to your computer: How do you react when it might be broken? […]

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The Rockwood Files: How Mama got her snooze back

08/02/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I wish I’d known years ago that my ability to sleep well might have an expiration date. I used to be so good at it. In […]

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The Rockwood Files: An angry inbox

07/26/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes, I get angry emails. It doesn’t happen often, which is good because I don’t try to inspire irritation. But when you write for the public […]

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The Rockwood Files: My brother, the bottle rocket

07/19/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My older brother was one of those guys — a fireworks guy. Do you know one? A guy who loves fireworks so much that the 4th […]

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The Rockwood Files: Meet the dudes who make you procrastinate

07/12/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Being a professional writer has a few perks, like knowing when “i” comes before “e” and eavesdropping on strangers’ conversations in the name of “research.” But […]

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The Rockwood Files: The true story of Stink and Stank

06/28/2025 nwamamas

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 […]

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The Rockwood Files: Tears, fears, and duct tape

06/21/2025 nwamamas

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 […]

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The Rockwood Files: What goes around

06/14/2025 nwamamas

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 […]

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The Rockwood Files: Blank beauty

06/07/2025 nwamamas

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 […]

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