The Rockwood Files

Dear Santa, Don’t worry. This isn’t another letter full of requests like the millions flood your North Pole mailbox each year. It’s just a quick note to see how you’re doing. Are you exhausted? Because […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I don’t often write “follow-up” columns, mostly because life moves quickly, and I can barely remember what I wrote about last week, much less several months […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last weekend, Tom and I went out to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. An acquaintance we bumped into said congratulations and then asked us “So what’s […]

In June of last year, I wrote about a tiny turtle my kids rescued from a swirling pool filter and turned into a pet named Zippy. For the record, I was in favor of releasing […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I never thought I’d say this, but here goes: I’m a 40-something living with my parents. In American society, that’s not a popular thing to say. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are some topics I find myself reading about as often as possible. Time management is one of them. When a new magazine article about it […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 We have a new “pet” in the family. It doesn’t eat. Doesn’t ever need a vet appointment. It can do lots of cool tricks. And here’s […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 About 17 years ago, my husband Tom did a wonderful thing. For our third wedding anniversary, he booked a massage for me at a local spa. […]