The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When a person is harmless, people say things like “Oh, she wouldn’t hurt a fly!” Around here, no one says that about me. They’ve seen me […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 At our house, we’re sensitive to things that go bump in the night (or the day). Because our 16-year-old daughter has epilepsy and has fallen in […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I can handle an interruption. I’m a married mother of three and a writer who’s been typing in the nooks and crannies of life for more […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 To Whom It May Concern (and you know who you are): It has come to my attention that there may be a misunderstanding about the meaning […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Ten years ago, I got on a plane and went to Chicago. It took months of planning, but we pulled it off. I spent the weekend […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 As a little kid, I loved the book “The Little Engine That Could.” It was published in the 1930s, and it’s a story about the power […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last week, we got a text from my son Jack, who’s away at college for his freshman year. He sent it to our family’s group text […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last night we watched the Superbowl. Sometimes, I watch it for funny commercials if I don’t have a favorite team in the matchup. But last night, […]