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The Rockwood Files

Essays about life by Motherlode Mama Gwen

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The Rockwood Files: A Tale of Two Trips

02/25/2017 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 “It was the loudest of times, it was a stretch of silence. It was the age of babies, it was the epoch of earbuds.” This tale […]

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The Rockwood Files: Soup saves the day

02/18/2017 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This morning was one of those mornings. I woke up with the kind of headache that’s just annoying enough to keep me slightly on edge. I […]

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The Rockwood Files: Confessions of a love story addict

02/11/2017 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I did it again last night – stayed up way too late in the name of love. A rerun of a romantic comedy I’ve seen at […]

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The Rockwood Files: Salad Fatigue

02/04/2017 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few days ago, my friend Shannon and I went to lunch. In an attempt to change our ways and counterbalance the sugar-laden excesses of the […]

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The Rockwood Files: Bossy bikini pushers

01/28/2017 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m a planner by nature, so I understand the need to “get out in front” of something. But when I opened the Target sales circular this […]

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The Rockwood Files: Digital memory lane

01/21/2017 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you’re on Facebook or save digital pictures online, you probably get the same emails I do – the ones that show photo memories taken on […]

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The Rockwood Files: Spicing up the New Year

01/14/2017 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I don’t have it all together and, most of the time, I feel like an imposter pretending to be a grown-up. But you’d never know it […]

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The Rockwood Files: Under cover

01/07/2017 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last summer I banished the dog from our bedroom at night. We’d been letting him sleep on a chair by our bed, but he started stirring […]

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The Rockwood Files: Back to basics

12/31/2016 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A not-so-festive thing happened during Christmas break. One morning, as soon as my feet hit the bedroom floor, a foreboding feeling crawled up from the pit […]

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Mom’s Letter to Santa

12/22/2016 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Santa, I’m nearly exhausted this time of year so I can only imagine how worn out you must be as you gear up for your […]

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