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The Rockwood Files

Essays about life by Motherlode Mama Gwen

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The Rockwood Files: A chance to press “mute”

02/01/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 About eight years ago, I wrote a column about how I almost never turn on the radio in the car anymore. Except for listening to the […]

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The Rockwood Files: Fear of falling

01/25/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few weeks ago, a weird thing happened as I carried a bin of holiday decorations from our house to the storage closet. The cumbersome box […]

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The Rockwood Files: Four little numbers

01/18/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Thirteen years ago, I led my son Adam into elementary school to register him for Kindergarten. I remember filling out the paperwork and noting that he […]

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The Rockwood Files: The closet crash diet

01/11/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you’re not ready to plunge into the traditional New Year’s “get in shape” resolution, I’ve got an idea for how to wade into it (or […]

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The Rockwood Files: The Anti-New Year’s Hype Post

01/04/2020 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you’re looking for one of those peppy New Year’s columns, turn the page now before I disappoint you. All this blank slate, turn-over-a-new-leaf, fresh start […]

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The Rockwood Files: Joy on the heels of sadness

12/21/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes hard things happen during what’s supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year.” About a month ago, it happened to us. As reported […]

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The Rockwood Files: Ice, ice, baby

12/14/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If I could type this column while wearing fur-lined gloves, I’d do it. I’m guessing the result would be so riddled with typos that my editors […]

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The Rockwood Files: Morning without Mom

12/07/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m still trying to decide how I feel about what happened this morning. On one hand, it was amazing and wonderful. On the other? Surprising and […]

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The Rockwood Files: 10 minutes before a haircut

11/30/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Once every six weeks or so, a woman has a certain window of opportunity that makes her feel as if she’s on the verge of greatness […]

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The Rockwood Files: The great chase

11/23/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Have you ever woken up in the morning remembering snippets of a dream that make you wonder what’s wrong with your brain? Would a normal brain […]

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