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The Rockwood Files: Picking the wrong line

11/30/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m good at some things — like making a paper projectile out of a straw’s wrapper, swatting a fly with one targeted strike, and quoting lines […]

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The Rockwood Files: Walking the walk

11/23/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For years, I said the thing all busy parents say when we’re wading through the drama of raising humans – the feeding and cleaning, the last-minute […]

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The Rockwood Files: Livin’ in a fine-print world

11/09/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If I didn’t have to share mental space with an inner 12-year-old, I would’ve already put on a pair of progressive glasses or bifocals and been […]

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The Rockwood Files: Do you abuse the snooze?

11/02/2024 nwamamas

I have a problem. And if the first step is admitting it, here goes: I’m a snooze abuser. If there’s a snooze to use, I’ll do it. Again and again. I’ve been abusing and snoozing […]

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The Rockwood Files: Our love affair with fear

10/26/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m not sure how it happened, but Tom and I raised three kids who love scary movies. It wasn’t genetic. These precious babies, who once watched […]

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The Rockwood Files: Love and deception

10/19/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I get up in the morning, the first thing I do – before caffeine and hygiene – is trick the dog and cat. Sometimes it […]

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The Rockwood Files: One life in five foods

10/12/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One of the many reasons we love food, other than survival and taste, is how it intertwines and defines the progression of our lives. So, can […]

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The Rockwood Files: Do you really know your nose?

10/05/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Regardless of age or level of education, sometimes we think we know things only to find out we were wrong or knew only a fraction of […]

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Tips for surviving the Great Garage Clean-Out

09/21/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 You know that little voice in your head that says you’ll do a certain thing when you have “more time”? Perhaps you should tell that voice […]

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The Rockwood Files: Looking for a fight

09/14/2024 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I thought empty nesting would be more peaceful. But as soon as the kids moved to college last month, a war broke out on the home […]

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