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The Rockwood Files: Welcome back, Summer!

06/13/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Oh Summer, where have you been? There were moments during this winter’s bitter chills and this spring’s rainy season when I thought you might never show […]

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The Rockwood Files: Social media versus the awkward phase

06/06/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Like many kids, I went through an “awkward stage.” A long one. Some days, I’m not even sure it has ended yet. It was particularly bad […]

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The Rockwood Files: Are we exasperating our kids?

05/23/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Whether you’re religious or not, most parents can agree on the absolute truth and wisdom of the verse in the Bible that says, “Honor your father […]

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The Rockwood Files: Vices in a vice grip

05/16/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 You know what I think about sometimes right before I fall asleep? Cereal. I imagine how lovely it would have been to sit down with a […]

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The Rockwood Files: Pickers and choosers

05/09/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Remodeling your house is a little like having a baby. It’s wonderful and exciting – right up until the sledgehammer smashes into the first wall. Then […]

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The Rockwood Files: Fruity chocolate

05/02/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s a big bag of candy on the kitchen counter and no one is eating it. In a house with three kids and a chocolate-loving husband, […]

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The Rockwood Files: Dear Greg

04/18/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Greg, April sucks. It really does. Each year as the calendar creeps closer to April 20th, the knot in my throat gets a little bigger […]

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The Rockwood Files: Resting My Eyes

04/11/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I opened my eyes and fought my way up toward the surface of consciousness after a deep, blissful sleep. The first thing I saw was 10-year-old […]

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Life with Ladybug: Not digging Graves’ Disease

04/09/2015 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam I have a friend who may have thyroid cancer and I’m more than freaked out about it, but praying that she gets the help she needs, has surgery and gets the all-clear […]

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The Rockwood Files: How Spring Break nearly broke me

04/04/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The world that exists inside your own head is a much kinder, gentler world than the one outside. I know this because, inside my head, I’m […]

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