The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Future Daughters-in-law and Son-in-law, Even though right now you’re just kids and we haven’t even met, I think about you. Sometimes it happens when I […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My husband Tom once accused me of being unromantic. As much as I hate to admit it, I think he might be right. It’s ironic, too, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When you bring a baby home from the hospital, all the baby books say you should do something called “tummy time.” It means you should let […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I did something the other day I’m not proud of. I’d just come home from taking the kids to school on one of the coldest mornings […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 All I wanted was a new paint color. That’s it. But that one little wish pushed over the first domino in a long line of chore-related […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Don’t tell my Beagle, but I’ve fallen in puppy love. My friend Shannon and her family just adopted an 8-week-old puppy from a local shelter, and […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 As appliances are known to do, my dishwasher quit working on a holiday. Maybe it decided that humans aren’t the only ones who need a few […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Something about New Year’s resolutions has always stirred up a stubborn resentment in me. My inner toddler stomps her feet and yells, “No! I won’t do […]