The Rockwood Files

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, […]

By Gwen Rule Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are some columns I don’t want to write because it hurts. This is one of them. Last week, my dad died. And I am […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 They say you never forget your first. When it comes to curse words, that’s certainly true for me. But let the record show, I was completely […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I like January. I think most mothers do. Sure, it’s the dead of winter and it gets dark ridiculously early, but January has one big thing […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 During the weeks before Thanksgiving, I was high on anticipation – counting down the days until our two sons were scheduled to come home from college […]