Military Mama
Military Mama: Duty Calls
By Jade Stone It appears that fall is finally here! And I am so ready for it! Aside from the rain, the crisp chill in the air is a welcomed one. As you may well […]
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The Rockwood Files: To have and to hold — for 24 months
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Imagine if wedding vows sounded more like this: “I, prospective bride, do take you, chosen spouse, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to […]
Empty Nexter
Empty Nexter: Spreading your wings in the empty nest
By Carrie Perrien Smith Now that the dust has settled on back-to-school season, you’ve had a chance to breathe. Maybe you just sent your last child off to college or you just reflected on those […]
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The Rockwood Files: Living in Limbo
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When my parents retired and moved to our town a few weeks ago, the plan was to move them into a new condo being built just […]
Getting Healthy For Good
Getting Healthy for Good: What does healthy look like?
By Laurie Marhsall You may have seen a Facebook topic that was going around this week that has caused quite a bit of discussion amongst women and the men who love them. It was a […]
Life With Ladybug
Life with Ladybug: Bridges over untroubled waters
By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama So many times we want to change people. We marry our husbands and expect to just “tweak” them a little as we go along. We have kids and we try […]
Military Mama
Military Mama: Measuring true success
By Jade Stone Last night, while cooking dinner, I was running around frantically trying to squeeze one last load of laundry in between unpacking groceries and getting my 5-year-old ready for a soccer game and […]
The Rockwood Files
The Rockwood Files: The lizard who ate Orlando
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes the best thing you can do for your work is get away from it. I know this because I’m back from a week’s vacation which […]
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The Rockwood Files: You make me feel like dancin’
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are only two types of people – people who like to dance and people who would rather have their eyebrows removed with a rotary sander. […]
All Akimbo
All Akimbo: Pretty little baby face
By Kim Blakely Wow. Oh, wow! Just wow. That’s all I could muster when I saw the screen during my very first ultrasound with this surprise baby last week. All points during my appointment had […]