By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For the past few weeks, I’ve been ping-ponging between two internal monologues. The first one goes like this: “Oh, I love the summer and how the […]
By Carrie Perrien Smith The last thirty days have been full of milestones. We just celebrated my husband’s sixty-first birthday, the fifteenth anniversary of his proposal to me, his thirty-year service anniversary with Walmart, and […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Alaina, Christy, Jennifer and I grew up together in a small southern Arkansas town. We survived puberty and junior high school together. We cruised around in […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Most men don’t fully understand this, but sometimes a woman walks into a room in her house and knows, with certainty, that something has GOT to […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s a bird in our house. And even though he has no wings and can’t fly, we can’t take our eyes off him. He is a […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I was in second grade, one of my classmates told me I was going to Hell. I remember the moment vividly. We were on the […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One of my main goals as a parent is to raise non-whiners. It’s not easy. We’re all inclined to whine when things don’t go our way. […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When we say parenting has its “ups and downs,” sometimes we mean it literally – particularly after spending a weekend at an amusement park with the […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Finally! I’m about to write a sentence I never thought I’d write: “I cooked something, and it was REALLY good.” Around here I’m known for both […]
By Carrie Perrien Smith Each spring, my Japanese maple looks like a teenager with thick, wavy hair who is long overdue for a haircut. It can manage that extra fullness, but it looks a lot […]
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