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The Rockwood Files: I heart Band Geeks
By Gwen Rockwood, syndicated columnist and mama of 3 Last night, I went to our middle child’s 7th grade band concert, and it felt like going home to my roots and my people. Like my […]
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The Rockwood Files: Swim down memory lane
By Gwen Rockwood, syndicated columnist and mama of 3 I read a magazine article today about a new type of portable pool you can install in the back of a truck. It’s called a Pick-Up […]
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The Rockwood Files: Small carts, big dreams
By Gwen Rockwood, syndicated columnist and mama of 3 I went to Wal-Mart yesterday while the kids were at school and glanced longingly over at the new, fun-sized shopping carts lined up outside the automatic […]
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The Rockwood Files: Academic football
By Gwen Rockwood, syndicated columnist and mama of 3 Ours is not what you’d call a “sports family.” We like to watch college football and basketball and our kids compete in a few swim meets […]
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The Rockwood Files: Emotional muscle memory
By Gwen Rockwood, syndicated columnist and mama of 3 Every year about this time, I wish there was a fast-forward button for life. I wouldn’t skip much – just a few days or so. Like […]
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The Rockwood Files: Restaurant wars
By Gwen Rockwood, syndicated columnist and mama of 3 Of all the questions Americans grapple with, there’s one that pops up more frequently than the rest: “Where do you want to go eat?” Deciding should […]
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Slightly Tilted: Am I a good mom?
By Jen Adair, Blogger at Slightly Tilted, Entreprenuer, Homeschool Mom to two fab kiddos Life is full of questions. How do people on HGTV flip a house in a month with a budget of $10? […]
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The Rockwood Files: Pillow Talk
By Gwen Rockwood, syndicated columnist and mama of 3 Well, we did it. We thought about it for a long time but something always held us back – vanity, frugality, perhaps a desperate grip on […]
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The Rockwood Files: Raised right on the road
By Gwen Rockwood, syndicated columnist and mama of 3 Last week I wrote a column called “Ways to know someone has been raised right,” and I added three things to the list. Here are three […]
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The Rockwood Files: Raised right
We went to dinner recently with my parents at a restaurant where you place an order at the counter and then get your own drink. Tom and I were pulling extra chairs up to a […]