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The Rockwood Files

Essays about life by Motherlode Mama Gwen

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The Rockwood Files: What goes around

06/14/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few weeks ago, we had this short but wonderful pocket of time right before our oldest son’s college graduation. For four days, we had all […]

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The Rockwood Files: Blank beauty

06/07/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The children are afraid. Terrified, in fact. But you’d never know it by looking at them because they’re too scared to move a muscle, especially the […]

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The Rockwood Files: One year after

05/31/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A year ago, a tornado hop-scotched through our town. It was past midnight, and I was watching a movie at home with our teenagers. When our […]

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The Rockwood Files: Can fidgety shivers burn fat?

05/24/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I used to be a fidgeter. I’d tap on things and bounce my leg so fast that Tom would sometimes reach over and put his hand […]

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The Rockwood Files: What I’ve learned in waiting rooms

05/17/2025 nwamamas

  By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have a long relationship with waiting rooms. I’ve attended medical appointments for three kids, two dogs, one cat, and one husband. For nearly a […]

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How to stop an anxiety spiral

05/10/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A windsock shaped like a hot air balloon with a spiral tail is suspended above our backyard deck. When the wind blows, the balloon spins, and […]

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Checking in with the Covid Class of 2020

05/03/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In 1995, I got my first job after college from a “help wanted” ad posted in a newspaper’s classified ads. (Remember those?) The headline on the […]

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Let’s admit it: Multitasking is a myth

04/26/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Have you ever gotten good at the wrong thing? I think it might have happened to me. Yesterday, I read this article about the myth of […]

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The Rockwood Files: Microwave obituary

04/12/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The Rockwood family microwave, affectionately called “Mike,” died suddenly in the home on August 6, 2015 while attempting to reheat day-old pizza. It was 10 years […]

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The Rockwood Files: Let them sing

04/05/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Let me set the scene. We were at a restaurant with the whole family, including my mom, all three of our college kids, plus two roommates […]

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