The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Most people don’t like endings. They like beginnings because they’re exciting. Or they like the middle of a story, when the action is typically at its […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This morning as I was settling into my desk chair to begin work, our dog Cooper walked over to me with the “kill” in his mouth. […]

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 […]