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Empty Nexter: Two Tips for Preventing Fatigue and Performing Better

10/30/2013 nwamamas

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 […]

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The Rockwood Files: Attached at the hip

10/26/2013 nwamamas

When my alarm went off this morning, I groaned, rolled over and reached under my pillow to give it a good shake to shut it up. My alarm clock is on my smartphone, you see, […]

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The Rockwood Files: The cure for writer’s block

10/19/2013 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 “That’s it,” I said to no one. “I’m getting nowhere.” I shut the lid of my laptop in disgust and walked away. As I paced around […]

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The Rockwood Files: The baby fix

10/12/2013 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A wonderful thing happened yesterday. While my 6-year-old daughter tapped her way through dance class, I got a much needed dose of “baby.” One of the […]

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The Rockwood Files: Mom declares a household shutdown

10/05/2013 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 All this talk of government shut-down has got me thinking. Can a mom declare a household shut-down? And if so, what would that look like? More […]

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The Rockwood Files: What to be when you grow up

09/28/2013 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s an ongoing conversation in our house about what we’re going to be when we grow up. Our three kids regularly revisit and revise their career […]

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The Rockwood Files: 7 not-so-deadly household sins

09/21/2013 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A friend recently passed along an online article by author Meagan Francis, who wrote a great book called “The Happiest Mom.” I love how this writer […]

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Military Mama: A bittersweet homecoming

09/20/2013 nwamamas

By Jade Stone My how time flies!I’d swear I went to sleep last night and it was still summer and all of a sudden we are back in school.Vacation’s over and now we are back […]

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The Rockwood Files: Cabinet hoarding

09/14/2013 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last weekend I only had one little chore on my “to do” list. It said, “Clean a cabinet.” I’ve been systematically working my way through each […]

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The Rockwood Files: A Letter to Miley Cyrus

09/07/2013 nwamamas

Dear Miley Cyrus, Oh, honey. I’m not even sure what to say. Like the millions of people who’ve seen the video of your performance at the Music Video Awards show, I’m still a little stunned. […]

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