The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I flashed back about 35 years ago to a time when I went to play at a friend’s house for the afternoon. This friend had […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tweens and teenagers are infamous for their not-so-pleasant qualities – the eye-rolling, the obstinance, and the way sarcasm becomes their primary language. But they don’t get […]

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 […]