By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I read something in the newspaper that convinces me there are people in the world with entirely too much time on their hands. How else […]
By Carrie Perrien Smith I love the flexibility and freedom that empty nesting provides me. We all give so much to our family during our child-rearing years that we need the break — but never […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I tossed a new book into the beach bag and headed out the door with the kids to swim team practice. We both dove in – […]
By Shannon Magsam, co-founder of nwaMotherlode.com and mama to 1 little lady(bug) My husband took two straight weeks off from work this summer. We went to Florida one week and the next week we stayed […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 We made it. Dragging in past midnight, bleary-eyed with sore behinds from more than 10 hours sitting in the car, we each fell into our own […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My refrigerator made a fool of me today. This morning when I came downstairs to the kitchen, it was croaking – loudly. It sounded like an […]
On our way back from Panama City Beach in Florida, we stopped by my parents’ house to spend the night – and to pick up a chicken. No, not KFC. Against my better judgment, we […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few years ago, I got a phone call from a friend and, as soon as I said hello, she said, almost apologetically, “Hey! It’s me. […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last night I let our Beagle Charlie out into the backyard for his usual “last call” potty break before going to bed for the night. I […]
By Shannon Magsam, co-founder of nwaMotherlode.com and mama to 1 little lady(bug) I won’t ever look at a Saltine cracker again without thinking of our backyard chickens. They liked a little wheat bread tossed out […]
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