The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Generally speaking, I enjoy grocery shopping – the piles of fresh produce, the seasonal displays, the cute helium balloons tied to the check-out lanes. But if […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes when I look at my 14-year-old son and his 12-year-old brother – the one speeding down the on-ramp to join his brother in the teenage […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One of the things I hear my kids worrying about far too often is this: What should I be when I grow up? Kids who don’t […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I wouldn’t say this directly to my kids because they might take it the wrong way. But here’s the truth: Back-to-school time makes me happy. It’s […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It happened – the rarest of family vacation experiences. It has never happened before and may never happen again, which is why I must document it […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Whether you’re forty-something or only 4, we all want our own way. Toddlers are especially insistent about getting their own way which is why you’ll often […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I don’t believe in reincarnation, but, if I did, I’d want to come back as my parents’ dog. They adopted him four years ago, and he […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Back in May, I dropped a hint to Tom and the kids that I’d like a new Fitbit activity tracker for Mother’s Day. It’s part wrist-watch […]