Mom Blogs:

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last night we heard the familiar sound of footsteps on the stairs well past bedtime. From the living room, I heard Tom talking in the kitchen […]

 By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 By now, I expected to feel like a grown-up. And sometimes I do, like when we sign tax returns or go to a funeral, which is […]

By Shannon Magsam I know my husband and I might sometimes make people a little sick. Or skeptical. Or maybe both, I don’t know. They wonder if we’re holding hands or ducking behind the building […]

By Jade Stone It’s that time of year again when the weather’s changing (preferably into fall not winter, but beggar’s can’t be choosers!), the sounds of football are in the air, bright greens and blues […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Women are known for our ability to form deep and meaningful relationships. And perhaps no relationship is as complex and multi-layered as the one we have […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Well, I hope you’re happy, Mom. That mama curse you put on me so long ago is now working overtime and I am, indeed, “paying for […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Here’s an ugly secret mothers try to deny, even to ourselves: Sometimes we buy our daughters a few extra things we probably shouldn’t. Is it because […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Hewlett Packard Pavilion M6000, lovingly known as “Hippy,” died on a local writer’s desk on September 7, 2012. She was almost 5 years old. After weeks […]