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The Rockwood Files: Kindergarten shot bravery

03/31/2012 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I got a lesson in bravery today from a 5-year-old. Our preschooler, Kate, knew she’d need kindergarten immunizations before she could move into the elementary school […]

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Life with Ladybug: A slave to pets

03/29/2012 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama and pet parent I’m back home after dropping my daughter off at school in the morning and I walk over to my computer. I’m itching to get to work. I […]

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The Rockwood Files: In-flight fishing

03/24/2012 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I watched a man fish today at 30,000 feet above the Earth. He was sitting across the aisle one row ahead of me on an airplane […]

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Getting Healthy for Good: A series of Calgon moments

03/20/2012 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall Do you remember those commercials for Calgon that featured a woman standing in the midst of family chaos yelling “Calgon… take me away!”. The next shot shows her relaxing leisurely in a […]

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The Rockwood Files: Why I can’t renew my driver’s license yet

03/17/2012 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 By this time next week, I’ll be 39. The actual age doesn’t bother me much but the number is downright embarrassing. Thirty-nine sounds like it’s desperately […]

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Empty Nexter: Excuse me, what did you say?!

03/16/2012 nwamamas

By Carrie Perrien Smith It’s kind of funny frolicking through this third twenty years of my life with my partner in crime. I’m an old Gen X and he’s a young Baby Boomer. We’re sitting […]

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Life with Ladybug: Hair and makeup. Poof!

03/15/2012 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam If I had magical powers today, I’d use them for something so boring I wouldn’t be worthy of magical powers. I’d snap my fingers and be completely ready with hair and makeup. […]

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Military Mama: What doesn’t kill us

03/14/2012 nwamamas

By Jade Stone Someone once said, “What doesn’t kill us, only makes us stronger”. Sometimes, I’d like to just smack that guy in the mouth. I’m guessing that someone has never dealt with daylight savings […]

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The Rockwood Files: Sock it to me

03/10/2012 nwamamas

There’s an old TV commercial for Tootsie Pops featuring a cartoon boy who poses this question to wise Mr. Owl: “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a […]

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All Akimbo: Racing to the (c-section) finish line and running out of pants

03/08/2012 nwamamas

By Kim Blakely I’m 35 weeks pregnant today. Baby Dragon apparently had a huge growth spurt in the last two weeks – huge enough to make my doctor’s eyes get really big when she measured […]

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