The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I know I shouldn’t be surprised. I should’ve known this was coming. But I honestly didn’t expect it. I thought I was special. And now I […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you’re like me, you take your smartphone with you almost as instinctively as you take your next breath. And I don’t mean you take it […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last week, our two teenage boys came home after their first day of work at a new summer job. My mouth fell open as they breezed […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are two times in a woman’s life when she needs an epidural to block the certain agony coming her way. The first is the day […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes you get subtle reminders you’re not as young as you used to be – like when you notice the small but insistent ache in your […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The carpet cleaners are coming today. It’ll be expensive and leave us with damp carpet longer than we expect. But it must be done. Otherwise, we’d […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Judging by the throngs of people surging into airports and tourist spots, summer vacation is alive and well once again. The country is finally unfurling from […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few months ago, one of my fellow mom friends was accused by her teenage daughter of using “aggressive punctuation” in text messages. Since we’re both […]