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The Rockwood Files: New Year’s Perspective

12/31/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 We got a call last week with upsetting news. Our 22-year-old nephew Andrew was just diagnosed with leukemia. It hit us like a punch in the […]

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Getting Healthy for Good: Bring it 2012

12/30/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall As many of you are doing this week, I’m ignoring my bathroom scale. Okay, that’s not entirely true. I am stepping on the scale. Then I am looking down at the number. […]

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Military Mama: Simply celebrating

12/28/2011 nwamamas

By Jade Stone I hope this finds your holiday season running smoothly. I don’t know about you, but sometimes it feels like every year it becomes more and more stressful. But this year, I was […]

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Techno Mama: Is Facebook killing your blog?

12/26/2011 nwamamas

By Sarah Martin Hood, technology blogger We live in an age of easy, instant information.  Have a question? Google it. Wondering what ever happened to that old high school friend? Check Facebook. But are we […]

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The Rockwood Files: Mom’s Letter to Santa

12/24/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Santa, I’m nearly exhausted this time of year so I can only imagine how worn out you must be as you gear up for your […]

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Empty Nexter: Reach out to lonely hearts over the holiday

12/24/2011 nwamamas

By Carrie Perrien Smith It was my first Christmas after the divorce. Our daughter was six. I was thirty. I was living with half of my belongings in a two-bedroom, low-income apartment that I could […]

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Life with Ladybug: Letter to the principal

12/23/2011 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam So, apparently in the Fayetteville School District you have to fill out an absence form if you’re going to pull your kid out of school for, say, a family vacation. Or, in […]

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The Rockwood Files: Bright lights, new city

12/17/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When Tom and I took our honeymoon more than a decade ago, we were mostly broke and went to a neighboring town 45 minutes away. Two […]

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Life with Ladybug: Elf on the Shelf (and lots of other places)!

12/15/2011 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam, Elf-sized since 5th grade So I know many of you have an Elf on your shelf, too. We named ours Elfis (he has some crazy hip action when he sings Blue Christmas) […]

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Military Mama: Hats off to the Coast Guard

12/14/2011 nwamamas

By Jade Stone It’s no secret that Christmas is just around the corner and I feel so behind! I can’t even think about presents and Christmas cards until we get the semester completed at school. […]

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