The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The sky is blue, the snow has melted, and the Covid home tests are once again negative. Hallelujah! My family and I have thankfully recovered from […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Part of me felt like a failure. For nearly two years straight, I tried to make sure it didn’t get us. And then it got us. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Since our oldest son turned 20 last month, I’ve technically completed what’s often called the terrible teens for at least one of our three kids. For […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s good news here at home. Those two gaping holes in the side of our house have been plugged with new living room windows, just in […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Do you remember the Where’s Waldo books popular in the late 80s? I had one when I was 14 and found it fun but maddening at […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I woke up this morning, I had one thought circling in my head: “My kid is 20. He’s 20! I am the mother of a […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Santa, Don’t take this the wrong way. You know I love you. But what I need right now is not new things. It’s help. And […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Christmas used to be simpler. I’m not talking about way back when people roasted chestnuts and used flip phones. I’m talking about eight or so years […]