The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Jack, You picked a good time to do a study abroad trip to Iceland. It’s so weird to know that one of my kids is […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Despite what you might have heard, “quiet” is not weird. It’s not abnormal. It’s not suspicious. It’s not a threat. It is a personality trait common […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and Northwest Arkansas mama of 3 There are rules here. Every household has them, some stricter than others. Without them, there’d be confusion, chaos, maybe even war. Some rules are […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes you throw one small pebble of change into the Universe and the ripples create a tsunami of trouble. That’s what happened to me last week […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One of the biggest differences between me as a 15-year-old girl and my present-day 15-year-old daughter is our experience with phone calls. I loved them because […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have a thing for trees. I’m a fan. An admirer. If trees were in a rock band, I’d follow them from city to city and […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Our 18-year-old son wasn’t the only family member who graduated this spring. But instead of a fancy diploma, the other “kid” got a Milk-Bone. He didn’t […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the airport, it isn’t. My husband Tom went on a quick business trip to New […]