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By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It started about a week ago – a strange itching sensation on the palm of my hand. No redness, no bumps. Only a pesky itch with […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Thanksgiving, No matter how many twinkle lights go up around town or how many holiday songs I hear on the radio, I haven’t forgotten you. […]

By Shannon Magsam I woke up this morning and realized: The B*tch is Back. Aunt Flo. She always shows up on my doorstep with her red suitcase at the worst times: Before I head out […]

This morning I caught a glimpse of something white sticking out from under the sofa. Typically that “something” is a stray sock that one of our boys has taken off and slid under a cushion […]

Like so many women (and a few men, too), I don’t like getting my picture made. It’s ironic, too, because I love photography and the way pictures tell a story or capture a mood. So […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama and co-founder of nwaMotherlode.com “What was the last goofy thing you did?” That was a question posed in the Q&A a Day book my husband gave me from Anthropologie. I […]

Dear Health Experts, I respect your expertise. I really do. But would you please give us a break? You’re sucking the joy out of food, and I’m officially fed up. Yesterday I saw the Dr. […]

By Carrie Perrien Smith The older I get, the more I need to know about how to make my body perform well. My peak at forty-eight isn’t what it was at twenty-eight. I am proud […]