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The Rockwood Files: The Name Game

03/28/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In Dale Carnegie’s famous book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” he wrote that you should use a person’s name when you’re talking to them […]

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The Rockwood Files: Have trash, will travel

03/21/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I noticed the delivery box on the front steps, I flung open the door and greedily grabbed it. I hauled it to the kitchen, grabbed […]

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The Rockwood Files: A special day in March

03/14/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A remarkable thing happened this month. The Sound of Music (the movie) turned 50 years old and readers all over the world celebrated the birthday of […]

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Website for kids, created by kids: Ponder Monster

03/11/2015 nwamamas

Hey mamas, one of our nwaMotherlode writers has done something SO cool with her kids. They created their own website! And it’s really good. It’s called Ponder Monster and it’s full of things we think […]

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The Rockwood Files: Revenge of the Girl Scout Cookies

03/07/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the kitchen, they’re baaaaaack. It’s the Girl Scout cookies. There’s a whole gang of them […]

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Empty Nexter: Tips for deciding how much to give back

03/06/2015 nwamamas

By Carrie Perrien Smith We just finished wrapping up reviewing our finances and taxes. A big part of that is our charitable giving. I was thrilled we were able to give a nice sum of […]

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Slightly Tilted: The Right Dream at the Wrong Time

03/04/2015 nwamamas

By Jen Adair, Blogger at Slightly Tilted, Entreprenuer, Homeschool Mom to two fab kiddos What is up with dreams? Aren’t they just the weirdest combinations of things you didn’t even realize entered your consciousness until […]

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The Rockwood Files: Love Brands

02/28/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tom did something shocking the other day. He came home from the store with a few things I’d asked him to pick up before the snowstorm […]

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The Rockwood Files: My PG-13 Life

02/21/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This week’s column, as well as many of the conversations around my house lately, are rated PG-13. Be aware that the following material may not be […]

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The Rockwood Files: Letter to my future daughters-in-law and son-in-law

02/14/2015 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Future Daughters-in-law and Son-in-law, Even though right now you’re just kids and we haven’t even met, I think about you. Sometimes it happens when I […]

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